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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Free Mel Gibson
It’s been 11 years since any Hollywood studio has employed Mel Gibson. I wonder why… He must’ve offended Christians or something. Yes, he’s done some independent work since that little film of his in ’06, but for many years I’ve … Continue reading
Derb: Will “National Conservatism” Come To The U.S.A.?
Anytime John Derbyshire writes a column, it’s worth noting. Today, he asks “Will “National Conservatism” Come To The U.S.A.?” Perusing through George Nash’s influential book, The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945, Derb notes the stark changes to the … Continue reading
Posted in National, Republican Party, Third Party, White Identity
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Jew York Times: Pt. 623,119
In “The Jews, a History in So Many, Many Words” (currently #3 on the NYT.com website), Dwight Garner reviews Simon Schama’s recent forays into Jewish history: Simon Schama, the prolific and protean British historian whose topics have included the French … Continue reading
Paul Revere & The Raiders – Him or Me (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suGQFQ-NCDk#t=40
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Koans: De Botton
Alain De Botton writes: “Despair is really just a superior capacity for honesty about one’s own mediocrity.”
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Slavery in Brazil vs. Slavery in the U.S.
While cinemas around the country (and the world?) get force-fed, largely against their will, Oscar-bait stuff like 12 Years A Slave, here’s something to contemplate, for a bit of perspective (NYT: “Rio’s Race to Future Intersects Slave Past“): Brazil received … Continue reading
Michael Walzer on “Imaginary Jews”
Michael Walzer is a prominent, A-list, liberal, political philosopher who is also very much what one might call a racially conscious Jew. Over his career Walzer has written numerous pieces on Jewish themes and Jewish identity. For example, here is … Continue reading
FNC 2.0
For years, I have been wondering why there’s not a competing conservative cable news channel to Fox. Wouldn’t a non-shouting conservative channel be great? Like virtually every other conservative I know, I watch FNC holding my nose. The non-stop shouting … Continue reading
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True Detective
The new HBO series True Detective, which stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, is outstanding. I began watching the series after reading this excellent analysis of the series, where the author points out the Lovecraftian and other American Gothic influences … Continue reading
Posted in Existentialism, Film, TV
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The Wolf & The Cohen
A powerful section of Yuri Slezine’s The Jewish Century (2004) is his discussion of Poland’s struggles after Soviet takeover of the country after WWII. Slezkine presents evidence that, within Polish communist party factions, the Polish-heavy communist faction favored a blend … Continue reading
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