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Author Archives: Max West
Why Does Hollywood Ignore White Slavery?
Years ago, a friend of mine who is white determined that an ancestor of was, upon coming to America, an indentured servant. I wonder how common white indentured servitude was in the 17th and 18th century? In “Why Does Hollywood … Continue reading
12 Years a Slave, 150 Years of Liberals, Jon Stewart & Judge Napolitano
“‘12 Years a Slave’ Oscar Win: Nearly 40 Percent More Democrats Than Republicans Agree With Best Picture Result” shouts the headline discussing this recent poll: A new study from North Carolina-based national polling firm Public Policy Polling provides insight into … Continue reading
Philosophy in ‘True Detective’
SPOILER ALERT: If you intend to watch the show, but haven’t yet, don’t read the rest of this post. I found the finale a bit disappointing, albeit, given the norms of the procedural TV genre and what might otherwise have … Continue reading
Posted in Existentialism, Philosophy, TV
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Free Mel Gibson
It’s been 11 years since any Hollywood studio has employed Mel Gibson. I wonder why… He must’ve offended Christians or something. Yes, he’s done some independent work since that little film of his in ’06, but for many years I’ve … Continue reading
Derb: Will “National Conservatism” Come To The U.S.A.?
Anytime John Derbyshire writes a column, it’s worth noting. Today, he asks “Will “National Conservatism” Come To The U.S.A.?” Perusing through George Nash’s influential book, The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945, Derb notes the stark changes to the … Continue reading
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Jew York Times: Pt. 623,119
In “The Jews, a History in So Many, Many Words” (currently #3 on the NYT.com website), Dwight Garner reviews Simon Schama’s recent forays into Jewish history: Simon Schama, the prolific and protean British historian whose topics have included the French … Continue reading
Paul Revere & The Raiders – Him or Me (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suGQFQ-NCDk#t=40
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Koans: De Botton
Alain De Botton writes: “Despair is really just a superior capacity for honesty about one’s own mediocrity.”
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Slavery in Brazil vs. Slavery in the U.S.
While cinemas around the country (and the world?) get force-fed, largely against their will, Oscar-bait stuff like 12 Years A Slave, here’s something to contemplate, for a bit of perspective (NYT: “Rio’s Race to Future Intersects Slave Past“): Brazil received … Continue reading
Michael Walzer on “Imaginary Jews”
Michael Walzer is a prominent, A-list, liberal, political philosopher who is also very much what one might call a racially conscious Jew. Over his career Walzer has written numerous pieces on Jewish themes and Jewish identity. For example, here is … Continue reading