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Author Archives: Max West
BBC: Civilization(s)
Today’s Prufrock email blast notes: The BBC is bringing back Kenneth Clark’s Civilization. Unsurprisingly, it’s now called Civilizations, and the first episode has its share of egalitarian posturing. Otherwise, it’s not bad: “Here’s one of the fundamental differences between this … Continue reading
Marine Le Pen Charged For Posting ISIS Photos
We must never lose sight of the fact that today’s Left would love to have similar laws here in the United States: PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors filed preliminary charges Thursday against far-right leader Marine Le Pen for tweeting brutal … Continue reading
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Greg Johnson – White Extinction
Here is a nice 3 minute montage featuring Greg Johnson discussing the very real, bio-evolutionary dynamics of a looming white extinction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=180&v=KWSQxw6HUKU
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Axiomatic Conservatism vs. Holistic Conservatism
I recently read Michael Oakeschott’s very influential long form essay “Rationalism in Politics” (1947), which properly argues against the Axiomatic Rationalism underlying various ideologies from Marxism to Libertarianism. The attempt to build a system of governance from the ‘ground up’ … Continue reading
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Young Harvey Weinstein: The Making of a Monster
Interesting (and all too stereotypical) backstory from a THR piece titled “Young Harvey Weinstein: The Making of a Monster”: The ship was enormous and solid as a rock. Built in 1897 and capable of traveling at a speed of 13 … Continue reading
Ferdinand (2017)
Is it just me or does the trailer for the animated film Ferdinand signal coded references to standard pro-diversity, pro-immigrant sentiments? https://youtu.be/jyJgGsZo2wA
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MacDougald on “Fascists and Revolutionaries”
Over at American Affairs, millennial Park MacDougald has a very well-written piece titled “Fascists and Revolutionaries”: Millennials, in short, encounter a world in which our culture’s mythologies are crumbling. The most dynamic political forces on both the left and the … Continue reading
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Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth (2018)
Just published today! Empower yourself, girlfriend! And remember: there’s not the truth, there’s our truth! (The book’s cover photo has got to be the largest Afro hairstyle ever captured by a camera.) From Amazon: From the award-winning entrepreneur, culture leader, … Continue reading
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NYT: 2/27/18
Featured at the top of NYT.com. It “matters now more than ever.”
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The New Yorker: Exploring the Freedom of Being Multiple
The subject of the profile is (based on the picture) a blacke female. It’s The New Yorker, so the writer of the piece is naturally ***ish. (“A Startling Début Novel Explores the Freedom of Being Multiple” by Katy Waldman). The … Continue reading
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