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Monthly Archives: May 2018
NYT: 96-Year-Old Secretary Donates $8.2 Million… But To Whom?
The NYT celebrates an act of philanthropy from a fortune amassed by questionable scruples (“96-Year-Old Secretary Quietly Amasses Fortune, Then Donates $8.2 Million”): Even by the dizzying standards of New York City philanthropy, a recent $6.24 million donation to the … Continue reading
Rod Dreher’s Implicitly White Weekend
Rod Dreher reports on his Weekend At The (implicitly white) Bruderhof, which saw Ross Douthat discussing Patrick Deneen (Why Liberalism Failed) thesis: Douthat said there’s tension between that prescription and the description Deneen gives of a late modern civilization that … Continue reading
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Beyonce & the New Niggerati
Fitts Ward, Mako. “Queen Bey and the New Niggerati: Ethics of Individualism in the Appropriation of Black Radicalism”, Black Camera, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Fall 2017), pp. 146-163: ABSTRACT: This essay explores the contributions of Beyoncé to what I call … Continue reading
Billy Joel – Allentown (1982)
Having gone through Billy Joel’s entire catalog recently (fun fact: his then wife Christie Brinkley, the ultimate shiksa, painted the wonderful album cover of River of Dreams), the song “Allentown” has been stuck in my head for nearly 2 weeks … Continue reading
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Talmud & Math Skills
When Jews begin acknowledging the simple fact that they have relatively high IQ or relatively superior math skills, is this a baby step for the Overton Window? David Kirsch ruminates on the role Talmudic scholarship may have played in developing … Continue reading