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Author Archives: Max West
The Denial of Death
I’ve long believed fear of death is the driving force behind almost everything we do, particularly Culture-writ-large. And when it comes to culture, the magnitude of that driving force is proportionally related to how sublimated that fear of death is. … Continue reading
Posted in Existentialism, Psychology
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Ethiopian Jews in Israel
So, when it comes to closeted ethnocentrism (and not-so-closeted ethnocentrism), Israel sounds an awful lot like the million Fergusons that comprise the Evil, White, Racist U.S.A.: The story of the immigration and absorption of Ethiopian Jews in Israel epitomises the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Middle East
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Ex Machina (2015)
Ex Machina (2015), which currently has a 92% on RT, is written and directed by Alex Garland, who is something of a Renaissance Man when it comes to the arts. In 1996, he published his first novel The Beach which … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Philosophy of Mind
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Haim Saban: Another Jewish Sugar Daddy
I’m genuinely surprised to see a piece like this in National Review (“Why Is an Israeli-American Billionaire Pouring Millions into the Clinton Foundation?“): Weeks after Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, the State Department objected to a proposed consultancy arrangement … Continue reading
Posted in Democrat Party, Jewish, Politics
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Jewish Identity & International Legal Thought
The Law of Strangers: Critical Perspectives on Jewish Lawyering and International Legal Thought is a forthcoming collection of essays edited by James Loeffler and Moria Paz that will be published by Cambridge University Press. The book’s overview: We think of … Continue reading
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The Kid From Brooklyn
In what seems like a decade ago, long before everyone and their sister had a well-followed podcast, I remember rolling in laughter at the podcast snippets of Mike Caracciolo (aka ‘The Kid From Brooklyn’ aka ‘The Big Man’) who was … Continue reading
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Oskar Gröning
Who is Oskar Gröning? From Wikipedia: Oskar Gröning (born 10 June 1921) is a German former SS-Unterscharführer who was stationed at Auschwitz concentration camp. His responsibilities included counting and sorting the money taken from prisoners, and was in charge of … Continue reading
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Inside Bob Seger’s “Night Moves”
The WSJ has a cool backstory on Bob Seger’s song “Night Moves”, with extended quotes from Seger and others involved in the song’s performance and production: Mr. Seger: Kris Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee” knocked me out. It’s a narration, … Continue reading
Posted in Music
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Mad Men: Finale
Mad Men jumped the shark a couple of seasons ago, and the writing of the final season was overly didactic and, in some episodes, embarrassingly sophomoric, oftentimes slipping into nightime soap opera dynamics. As the series arced towards its conclusion, … Continue reading
Posted in TV
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The Horrors of WW2
In his new book, historian Antony Beevor delves into the indescribable horrors of WW2. Of young, inexperienced, American soldiers thrust into the meat grinder German front: Faced with this onslaught, the American defenders fell back in disarray. The units defending … Continue reading
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