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Author Archives: Max West
JYT: 12/10/14
Whether it’s an Obits feature or a ‘most-emailed’, every day represents a particular, narrow, social milieu.
In Search of Libertarian Realism
In Reason, there’s a series of brief, libertarian position statements on foreign policy realism & libertarian principles (“In Search of Libertarian Realism“.) Contributors to the piece: Matt Welch, Sheldon Richman, Christopher Preble, William Ruger & Fernando R. Tesón.
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The Argumentative Jew
In the Jewish Review of Books, the living caricature Leon Wieseltier, late of TNR, writes on “The Argumentative Jew“: The Jewish tradition—the tradition of the argumentative Jew—is a long and great challenge to the consensualist mentality. It repudiates, sometimes in … Continue reading
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JYT: 12/9/14
Currently, the top 10 ‘most emailed’ NYT stories include:
Trauma
From Powerline (hat tip: Charles Murray): Columbia Law School is permitting students claiming to be impaired due to the emotional impact of recent non-indictments in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner matters to postpone taking their final exams.
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Moveon.org Prepares $1m Push for Warren Presidential Run
From The Boston Globe: WASHINGTON – MoveOn.org, a liberal group, said it is prepared to invest at least $1 million in an effort aimed at convincing Sen. Elizabeth Warren to enter the 2016 presidential race. The Massachusetts Democrat has repeatedly … Continue reading
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Depictions of Jewishness in ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
The Jewish tropes in Seinfeld and (more pointedly) Curb Your Enthusiasm have been sporadically written about by race realists. From a different perspective, here are the abstracts of 4 unpublished conference papers by Evan Cooper on the theme of Jewishness … Continue reading
TNR
From Politico: The majority of The New Republic’s masthead resigned en masse on Friday following the owner’s decision to force out the editorial leadership, move the magazine to New York, and rebrand the venerable, century-old publication as a “digital media … Continue reading
Dec 26th
I assumed federal employees always get the day after Christmas off, but in any case, it’s nice to see The Organizer working towards carpal tunnel: He issued an executive order Friday giving them the day after Christmas off. “All executive … Continue reading
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