Author Archives: Max West

Gottfried, Strauss, and Jewish Ethnocentrism

The excellent Paul Gottfried, a retired professor of humanities, is that most rare specimen in intelligentsia: a jew who is honest and forthright about jewish ethnocentrism and its historical suppression of Protestant ethnocentrism. Having written the recent book Leo Strauss … Continue reading

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Marshall Berman: Interpreter of “Urban Life”

With respect to the stereotype of the jewish-NYC-leftwing-intellectual, this obituary of one Marshall Berman is about as ideal-type as you can get: ‘In a sweat, melting, shedding clothes and tears, flashing hot and cold.” This was how Marshall Berman described … Continue reading

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Giraffe Manor

From this article on “18 Unique Hotels From Around the World“, two that really impressed me are in Kenya. Giraffe Manor, Kenya: Sarova Saltlick Game Lodge, Kenya:

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Difficult Men: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad

Theo Tait reviews Brett Martin’s book Difficult Men: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad: Brett Martin’s Difficult Men does for the outstanding American TV dramas of recent years what Peter Biskind‘s Easy Riders, Raging … Continue reading

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Tallis on Nagel

Raymond Tallis provides a good overview of the important contributions Thomas Nagel brings to philosophy of mind, a discipline largely dominated by reductive materialists.

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Syrian Rebels

Two stories from today. Notice a pattern? Islamists’ rise in Syria undercuts Kerry’s claim they play minor role Al-Qaeda-linked fighters seize Syrian town of Azaz from more moderate rebels

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Génération Identitaire vs. Islamization of France

From CBN, the only news channel regularly reporting on the Islamization of Europe (and a model of what White TV could be), is this profile of Génération Identitaire:

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Sinaloa Cartel’s Takeover of Chicago Drug Trade

Bloomberg has an article on the Sinaloa cartel’s complete takeover of Chicago’s drug trade. Coming to a city near you. …Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel supplies 80 percent of the heroin, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine — with a street value of $3 … Continue reading

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Dark ‘N’ Stormy

I had a couple of ‘Dark ‘N’ Stormy’s recently in NYC, home of the $14 cocktail. It was layered beautifully in a tall glass, went down incredibly easy, and was dangerous in the aforementioned detail. Ginger beer is not ginger … Continue reading

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Existential Bummer

While he’s a bit over-animated, in a “Hey, I’m ready for Twitter-fied American television!” way, Jason Silva nonetheless gets to the heart of the matter in  “Existential Bummer“. It’s about the entropy, baby.

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