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Author Archives: Max West
Falsifiability Cartoon
Here is a swell little 90 second video distilling Karl Popper’s seminal notion of falsifiability.
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Return of the White Death
In “Return of the White Death: the threat of new strains of TB”, Drew Smith, a PhD molecular biologist at the University of Colorado, opines on new strains of tuberculosis (TB) rearing its ugly head. TB accounted for a quarter … Continue reading
Posted in International, Science
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“Germany’s Far Right Rises Again”
In Politico, Yardena Schwartz (ahem) has a piece titled “Germany’s Far Right Rises Again”, with the ominous byline: “Purged from German politics 70 years ago, nationalism is back. And many fear where it could lead.” As if the word ‘Again’ … Continue reading
Douthat: Books for the Trump Era
In “Books for the Trump Era”, apologetic, hat-in-hand, cuckservative, and token NYT’s “conservative ”Ross Douthat recommends some reading for those on the Left still stunned by Trump’s win. After name-dropping, to prove he’s well-versed in liberal authors (“Look, I read … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Culture Wars, Literature, Sociology
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Ghosts of Christmas Past (Annual Redux)
I’m reposting (again) this nice summary from Richard Spencer discussing the Germanic pagan influence on medieval Christianity (“Ghosts of Christmas Past“): We have become so accustomed to Christmas rituals—and so accustomed to them in the form of kitsch—that we forget … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas, Pepe!
It’s been a helluva year! Let’s hope 2017 is just as good!
Abortion Belt Notch
From FNC: Lena Dunham said on the latest episode of her podcast that she wishes she’d had an abortion to fight the “stigma around this issue.” “Something I’ve thought about a lot is the fact that there is stigma around … Continue reading
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Liberal Zionism in the Age of Trump
Omri Boehm (ahem), assistant professor of philosophy at the New School for Social Research, has a piece in the NYT on “Liberal Zionism in the Age of Trump”. In it, he points out the longstanding Double Standard when it comes … Continue reading
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‘Lifetyle Illnesses’ in Africa
Due to foreign aid & the advances of modernity finally making their way into the Dark Continent, Africa is experiencing a population explosion. Africa used to be chock full of starving Africans. That’s much less the case now. Like the … Continue reading
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NYT: 12/20/16
After the assault on GOP electors, it turned out that HRC (who lost 5 electoral votes vs. DT losing 2) has broken a 104 year record for most electoral college elector defections in an election. Want a story on yesterday’s … Continue reading
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