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Monthly Archives: January 2017
The Paranoid Style in American Politics – NYT Edition
Collectively, this trifecta of strategically placed NYT stories serves to reinforce a narrative the publication wants to push: The “Explosive but Unverified Dossier” headline is itself a marvel to behold, with two rather starkly dissonant adjectives (especially for the ‘high … Continue reading
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The NYT’s Collective Trauma
There’s a Gray Matter column in the Gray Lady, from a few weeks ago, titled “Are Americans Experiencing Collective Trauma?” What ever could he be talking about? It’s written by one Neil Gross (ahem), a professor of sociology at Colby … Continue reading
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Looking for an Adventure
In a short post, Steve Sailer makes another stellar and unique observation on a huge and terribly important phenomenon (“Why Are the Young Men of Africa Flocking to Europe?”): I tried looking up the news from Senegal to see if … Continue reading
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Hugh Trevor-Roper on Africa
From the Wikipedia page for the late Oxford historian Hugh Trevor-Roper: Another aspect of Trevor-Roper’s outlook on history and on scholarly research that has inspired controversy, is his claim about the historical experiences of pre-literate societies. In accordance with Hegel … Continue reading
Farewell to the Farewell Address
The messianic adulation The Organizer received last night, before/during/after his ‘Farewell Address’, puts on clear display the mess the Democratic Party finds itself in: They have no bench. BO’s ascendancy and reign was a political outlier, having less to do … Continue reading
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On Future Automation
First, it was Blue Collar workers whose occupations were susceptible to outsourcing and the first waves of manufacturing automation, just as they were (and are) susceptible to high levels of illegal immigration. But these Blue Collar workers were (and still … Continue reading
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Roger Scruton – At Home in Scrutopia
Here’s a wonderful, recent documentary on philosopher Roger Scruton, at his idyllic farm in rural England. At age 72, Scruton reflects on the sacred nature of his land and its inhabitants, and the fragility of its ecosystem, also discussing man’s … Continue reading
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The Acceleration of Identity Liberalism
Rod Dreher’s piece on “The Left’s Identity Politics Poison” provides some examples of how Identity Politics is causing the Left to ‘eat their own’, so to speak. He points to “The Left’s Toxic Identity Obsession”, a JAPCAT article in Commentary … Continue reading
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Durbin v. Sessions
In the Jeff Sessions hearing today, Dick Turbin tried somehow characterize enforcing existing immigration law as… racist or something. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions told the Senate Tuesday morning that voters believe immigration policy should prioritize the needs of American workers. … Continue reading
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KKKrazy Glue: Jeff Sessions Ed.
The Left throws out the usual KKKrazy Glue, this time in agitprop form: Protesters disrupted Sen. Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing for attorney general on Tuesday, including two men wearing Ku Klux Klan costumes… The disruptions occurred during the morning session … Continue reading
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