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Author Archives: Max West
The Ghettoization of American Culture
Alfred Clark on “The Ghettoization of American Culture“: Perhaps we’re reaching the terminal stages of what Alexis de Tocqueville labeled the “tyranny of mediocrity,” where this final stage of American depravity culminates in what Elizabeth Wright more recently called the … Continue reading
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The Counselor & The Jeweler
While the movie The Counselor is getting clobbered, Cormac McCarthy’s full unadulterated screenplay has been published. Thomas Flynn looks at some of the scripts lengthier scenes which didn’t make it into the movie, or that were truncated on-screen. When the … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Jewish, Literature
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Courtroom Sketch: Guy Fieri’s Stolen Lamborghini
In 2011, one of the Food Network’s many douchebags had his $200,000, 2008, yellow Lamborghini stolen (a car as understated as its owner.) In 2012, the car was found, hence today’s court trial, and this wonderful courtroom sketch:
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Gavin McInnes: Viral
Red Eye regular (and Takimag regular) Gavin McInnes’ anti-feminist rant on Huffington Post Live went viral this past week. What is best about the video is listening to, and then watching the reaction shots of, the two standard-issue, leftist academics … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Political Correctness
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Charles Murray: Uncommon Knowledge Interview
Here’s the full 47 min Uncommon Knowledge interview with the great Charles Murray, discussing how White America is ‘Coming Apart’.
Frum; TOQ
Kevin MacDonald writes that “David Frum is an Evolutionary Psychologist“. As the demographics and fiscal unsustainability continue their current trajectories, even RINOs like Frum will eventually ‘get it’. I also highly recommend MacDonald’s Foreward to the upcoming issue of The … Continue reading
Posted in Race, White Identity
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CNN’s Identity Crisis, Pt. 7,189
The latest on the network that has no idea who it is or why they’re here: Sources say CNN is developing a new show for its latest hire, Bill Weir, along the lines of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With … Continue reading
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Arthur Danto
Arthur Danto, arguably the most influential philosopher of aesthetics of the last 50 years, has died at the age of 89. His approach to aesthetics took a Wittgensteinian turn, one which straddled the fence with relativism: In a 1964 essay … Continue reading
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Parody of Wes Anderson’s Movies
On a lighter note, here’s a pretty good SNL parody of Wes Anderson movies, featuring Edward Norton as Owen Wilson.
Lou Reed (1942 – 2013)
Oh, man. Lou Reed is dead at the age of 71. I had always wanted to see the guy play live, but never got the chance. Musically, Reed was as stripped down and rough hewn as it got: sloppy guitar … Continue reading
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