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Author Archives: Max West
The Cornell Rebellion
In TAC, Jack Howard Burke revisits the continued poignancy of Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind (1987). Bloom’s point on the university is fully brought home when he recounts his experiences as a faculty member during the Cornell … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Marxism, Culture Wars, Left
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Make Russia Great Again
In the NYT (where else), Adam Hochschild reviews the book Never Remember: Searching for Stalin’s Gulags in Putin’s Russia by Masha Gessen (with photographs by Misha Friedman). Hochschild begins his review with the premise that: Human beings have long slaughtered … Continue reading
Posted in History, International, Jewish, NYT
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Publius Exitus
Publius is leaving for a Hillsdale College gig (one hopes it is the primary reason). Nonetheless, the proximity of these two sentences to each other is most unnerving: “National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton is leaving the Trump administration, the … Continue reading
Posted in International, National, Republican Party
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Chappaquiddick (2018): Advance Reviews
Richard Roeper writes: Chappaquiddick reminds us that without the Kennedy name and influence, the man who drove a car off a bridge, swam to shore and left a young woman to die, and then went into hiding and defense mode, … Continue reading
Posted in Democrat Party, Film, Hollywood
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The Kubrick-Trump Connection Explained
From a NYT op-ed commemorating the 50th anniversary of Kubrick’s masterpiece 2001:A Space Odyssey: Indeed, with its prehistoric “Dawn of Man” opening and a grand finale in which Dave is reborn as an eerily weightless Star Child, “2001” overtly references … Continue reading
Rothman on “Virtual Embodiment”
For those interested philosophy of mind (how can you not be?) and the possible directions that VR will take, Joshua Rothman has a good piece titled “Are We Already Living in Virtual Reality?”. Rothman visits and experiences firsthand experimental lab … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy of Mind, Psychology, Technology
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The Bottle Rockets – Radar Gun (1995)
Posted in Music
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Easter for the God Emperor 2.0
“You want to see an Easter rising? A Phoenix from the ashes? A new life from old?… Just wait until I’m in charge.”
Posted in Humor
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Lou Reed – Modern Dance (2000)
A real nice melody from Lou. Question: overall, are the lyrics good and relatable or do they ultimately peter out into facile anti-traditionalism & cosmopolitanism?
Posted in Music
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Ethnic Nationalism For Me, But Not For Thee
In his brief TAC essay “In Defense of Ethnic Nationalism”, Skomantas Pocius, a Ph.D. candidate in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, and a native Lithuanian, riffs on this venerable theme: The story of Lithuania should … Continue reading
Posted in Civic Nationalism, International
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