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Author Archives: Max West
The State of the ‘Hard Problem’
Oliver Burkeman has an excellent overview of the core debates in contemporary philosophy of mind as it pertains to the ‘hard problem’ (“Why can’t the world’s greatest minds solve the mystery of consciousness?“). It’s all in here: Nagel, McGinn, Chalmers, … Continue reading
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Serpentine Shell, Serpentine!
Since 1994, Sheldon Silver has been the Speaker of the New York State Assembly. From the Wikipedia entry on him: Of eastern European descent, Silver has lived all his life on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. He lives with his wife … Continue reading
Posted in Democrat Party, Jewish, National
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Lutz Bachmann Resigns From PEGIDA
Lutz Bachmann, leader of PEGIDA, has been ousted for the usual reasons: Orwellian opposition to alleged ‘hatespeech’ and/or for offending P.C. sensitivities, this time in the form of a photo of him looking like Hitler: (CNN)As thousands-strong anti-Islamization rallies make … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Political Correctness
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The Essence of Davos
Via Steven Duffield via Charles Murray: Everything you need to know about Davos, in one tweet: http://j.mp/1DZlzpX
Posted in Culture Wars
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DOJ to Recommend No Charges in Ferguson Death
At the top of the NYT: Federal prosecutors have found no evidence to support charges against Darren Wilson, a former police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in the shooting death of Michael Brown, officials said. Don’t black lives matter? Does this … Continue reading
Gopnik on Houellebecq
In The New Yorker, Michel Houellebecq gets the Adam Gopnik treatment. (Gopnik is that all too familiar sociological phenomenon — the NYC liberal Jew — but is a helluva writer.) The French writer Michel Houellebecq has become a literary “case” … Continue reading
Posted in Death of the West, Europe, Islam, Literature
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Amos Vogel
In “The Limits of American Cinephilia“, Richard Brody provides a glowing profile of leftwing film critic Amos Vogel: In 1947, when he was twenty-six and a student at the New School for Social Research, Vogel founded Cinema 16, a film … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Marxism, Jewish
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PEGIDA Rally Cancelled
Today’s PEGIDA rally has been cancelled by German authorities: Dresden (Germany) (AFP) – German police banned a planned rally by the anti-Islamic PEGIDA movement and other public open-air gatherings in the eastern city of Dresden Monday, citing a terrorist threat. … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Immigration, Islam
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T.S. Eliot & the Hipster
In “When T.S. Eliot Invented the Hipster”, Karen Prior aptly traces roots of hipsterdom to the protagonist of Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,”: In a keen essay on the hipster at The New York Times, Christy Wampole … Continue reading
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Atlantic Writer Quits “Teach For America”
Standard progressive naivety about how the world works often leads to hilarious unintended consequences and cognitive dissonance. Muslims hate us? Release more Gitmo detainees and they’ll like us! When it comes to the abject failure and social pathologies of urban … Continue reading