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Michel Houellebecq: The Root, Youth
From the 2010 Paris Review interview with Michel Houellebecq: “I am persuaded that feminism is not at the root of political correctness. The actual source is much nastier and dares not speak its name, which is simply hatred for old … Continue reading
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Houellebecq: How France’s Leaders Failed Its People
Michel Houellebecq (whose excellent novel “Submission” I’ve just finished, and whose previous novel “The Elementary Particles” I’m halfway through) has a NYT op-ed titled “How France’s Leaders Failed Its People”: Who exactly drilled into our heads for years the notion … Continue reading
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Greg Johnson on Houellebecq’s “Submission”
What’s a great way to cap off the weekend? Reading Greg Johnson’s new review of Michel Houellebecq’s Submission: Michel Houellebecq is one of the finest novelists living today. His most recent novel, Submission, is now out in English. It confirms … Continue reading
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Gopnik on Houellebecq
In The New Yorker, Michel Houellebecq gets the Adam Gopnik treatment. (Gopnik is that all too familiar sociological phenomenon — the NYC liberal Jew — but is a helluva writer.) The French writer Michel Houellebecq has become a literary “case” … Continue reading
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Children
“Children existed solely to inherit a man’s trade, his moral code and his property. This was taken for granted among the aristocracy, but merchants, craftsmen and peasants also bought into the idea, so it became the norm at every level … Continue reading
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Brooks & Dreher on Sam Francis
David Brooks’ column “The Coming War on Business” is a reflection on how the great Sam Francis was ahead of his time: The only time I saw Sam Francis face-to-face — in the Washington Times cafeteria sometime in the late … Continue reading
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Andrew Sulllivan on NRx
Andrew Sullivan has a lengthy article in NY Magazine titled “The Reactionary Temptation”. The byline reads: “An open-minded inquiry into the close-minded ideology that is the most dominant political force of our time — and can no longer be ignored.” … Continue reading
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Reno: Return of the Strong Gods
Writing in First Things, R. R. Reno has a beautifully written piece titled “Return of the Strong Gods”. Reno puts forth a basic ‘Death of the West’ case, albeit one that has unfolded (especially after 1945) as a growing sense … Continue reading
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Caldwell: The French, Coming Apart
In City Journal, Christopher Caldwell has a superbly written piece on “The French, Coming Apart”, in which he looks at the dire situation in France through the work of Christophe Guilluy (hat tip: S. Sailer): [I]n a French political system … Continue reading
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The Battle For France
At TAC, Scott McConnell has an excellent piece on “The Battle For France”: Think what you will about America’s contentious identity politics; compared with France, the United States remains Mayberry, TV’s symbol of small-town innocence. We may have Black Lives … Continue reading
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