Tag Archives: The Dark Enlightenment

Universal Culture

Posted on August 18, 2016 by

Fenster writes: Over at Slate Star Codex, Scott Alexander identifies what he refers to as “universal culture” as being a key factor in how the West was won.  His opening point is that there is nothing eternally Western about what … Continue reading →

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Web Musings

Posted on July 17, 2014 by

Paleo Retiree writes: One of the things that has fascinated me most during my years of hanging out online is the way the web has given many superbright, very logical people an outlet for their thoughts and observations. Until 2001 or … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on May 2, 2014 by

Paleo Retiree writes: Lots of sensationial Russian graphics to be enjoyed here. Steve Sailer has a fun theory about what’s behind the Sterling/Clippers story. Toilet demons. Is “literary fiction” just a marketing scam? Centuries ago (in blog-years) I vented a bit … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on March 4, 2014 by

Paleo Retiree writes: Lincoln: Saint who set free the black people, or dastardly creator of the suffocating, over-centralized modern state? Love this Mickey Spillane paperback bookcover. Some wonderful Japanese prints of nudes. Russian women apparently enjoy being objectified. Imagine that. … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on January 25, 2014 by

Paleo Retiree writes: Roger Scruton’s list of what conservatives believe wouldn’t go over well with many American Republicans, I suspect. More. Fred Reed recalls a less-regulated America. I grew up under not-very-different circumstances. Scott Chaffin submits to a brain MRI. … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on November 26, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: More fascinating thinking from HBD*Chick about inbreeding and outbreeding, this time as they pertain to Anglo-Saxon England. Thanks to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, we’re able to peep at the superdeluxe lifestyles of Mexican drug lords. Will S. … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

Blowhard, Esq. writes: So Yahoo! bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Like many Tumblr users, my main hope is that Yahoo! won’t ruin the service, i.e. let us keep all of our filthy and disgusting porn. But really, Yahoo! has no … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Foseti shares his heretical views on the defeat of communism. Or perhaps we should put scare quotes around defeat? I’ve often asked myself the same question: If it’s true that communism was defeated, how is it that … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on March 17, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: Dark Enlightenment Link Du Jour. People have funny talents. A wonderful tribute (by Daniel Menaker) to the Irish and, especially, their gift of gab. Evo-bio bigwig Geoffrey Miller is interviewed about whether China is engineering genius babies. Young … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

Paleo Retiree writes: An excellent argument for Slow Food (as well as for Slow Eating). Dark Enlightenment Link Du Jour. Jim Kalb, whose take on things is trad-Catholic, is often great. Here’s his book. At the old blog, I did … Continue reading →

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