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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Michael Oakeshott – Primer
The Brits have a tradition of politicians, usually conservative, also being intellectuals. In The New Statesman, Jesse Norman, “the MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire”, has written an excellent piece on conservative philosopher Michael Oakeshott: … Oakeshott suggests: “In political … Continue reading
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XTC – Easter Theatre (1999)
In my mind, within the craft of songwriting, “Easter Theatre” is as close to perfection as is humanly possible. Odin mounts the tree Bleeds for you and me Splashing on the lamb Gamboling with spring’s step Buds will laugh and … Continue reading
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
He manages to present the most powerful and systematic perspective on the fundamental issues. This is one of the best columns he’s written, a must-read. The latest from Kevin MacDonald. In all the Main Stream Media propaganda about the desperate … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-White, Culture Wars, Immigration
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Consciousness Is Not An Emergent Property
In (of all places) Forbes magazine, research neuroscientist Marc Ettlinger has a primer on the way in which materialist explanations of consciousness fail at the most basic philosophic levels (“What Are Some Concise Ways To Convince People That Consciousness Is … Continue reading
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Bernard Williams
In The New Criterion, Walker Mimms remembers the great philosopher Bernard Williams, who died about 10 years ago.
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London’s Culture War: EDL vs. Muslims
ABC’s Nightline has a surprising video report on what is essentially the coming race war in England, between British whites and ‘British muslims’ (the latter an incompatible contradiction in terms.) Ahh… yes… the ABC reporter is herself muslim (most likely … Continue reading
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Glenn Beck: Forays into Culture Production
Beck is making waves. Politico has a top-read piece on the synergies between Beck and FreedomWorks (headed by Matt Kibbe), while the Hollywood Reporter has an article on his movements towards the creation of his own movie studio. The latter … Continue reading
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Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez had died at the age of 87. Despite Márquez’s leftism, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most stunning pieces of literature I’ve ever read. Gabriel García Márquez, the Colombian novelist whose “One Hundred Years … Continue reading
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Time is a Flat Circus
“Time Is a Flat Circus” is a site where Family Circus characters spout anti-natalist lines from True Detective‘s Rust Cohle.
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Derb on Jewish Eugenics
Anytime John Derbyshire mentions Kevin MacDonald, it’s a good thing: The contradiction between the vigorous, unapologetic ethnonationalism of Jews in Israel and the horror of other peoples’ ethnonationalism expressed by Jews elsewhere has been a recurrent topic here on VDARE.com—see, … Continue reading