Author Archives: Max West

Douthat Squirms

Ross Douthat’s latest column is a shout-out to the seminal book by Samuel Huntington (“Who Are We”), albeit through Douthat’s cuckservative world view. Douthat begins with the Left’s current narrative that Trump’s travel ban (or enforcing any existing immigration laws, … Continue reading

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James Robart

Here is James Robart, the judge that blocked Trump’s temporary 7-country travel ban judge, inveighing on Black Lives Matter rhetoric and its associated flawed logic: Watch federal judge James Robart’s #BlackLivesMatter declaration, plus his challenge to Seattle’s police union. pic.twitter.com/UDgQl2XCiu … Continue reading

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Wolff v MSM

Michael Wolff, himself a liberal, chastises a CNN hack as well as the NYT echo-chamber:

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The Normalization – Pt. 412

From James Rettig, a tolerant hipster at Stereogum, and someone who likely identifies as ‘antifa’: Wavves’ Nathan Williams makes music with his brother Joel under the name Sweet Valley, and Joel has been practicing making video games in his spare time. … Continue reading

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Fascism Porn – Pt. 3,182

More ‘fascism porn’ from The Cathedral, this one by David (ahem) Frum (“How to Build an Autocracy”).

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22%

“Childhood forecasting of a small segment of the population with large economic burden” is a study in Nature illustrating what the Pareto Principle (i.e., the 80/20 rule) reveals about social costs: ABSTRACT: Policymakers are interested in early-years interventions to ameliorate … Continue reading

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Clark: Is Contemporary Christianity a Suicide Cult?

Alfred Clark asks “Is Contemporary Christianity a Suicide Cult?”: Athough I’m not very religious, religion interests me, especially the current trajectory of Christianity in the West.  What I mean here is mainstream Christianity in the United States and Europe, not … Continue reading

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CA is the Future of America – Pt. 34,182

From Breitbart, more on Democrats’ ‘normalization’ of criminal behavior: California State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De Léon (D-Los Angeles) said last Tuesday that “half his family” was in the country illegally, using false documents, and eligible for deportation under … Continue reading

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Bradley Effect 2.0

Politico has a piece titled “Donald Trump might be more popular than you think”, the byline of which reads: “Once again, there’s evidence suggesting traditional polls aren’t accurately measuring support for the president and his policies.”

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Abdullah on the “Muslim Ban”

From Al-Jazeera (“Abdullah bin Zayed: Trump’s travel ban not Islamophobic”): The United Arab Emirates’ foreign minister has said that US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries, which has triggered global outrage, is not Islamophobic … Continue reading

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