Author Archives: Max West

Literary Appreciation of the Lovecraft Kind

In ‘Literary Appreciation of the Lovecraft Kind‘, Dan McCarthy defends H.P. from a recent claim that he is a “godawful writer”. McCarthy nails it in the following assessment of Lovecraft’s writing, which I agree with wholeheartedly: The “flaw” in Lovecraft’s … Continue reading

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Linz

From “What Occurred at Linz: A Memoir of Forgetting“, by Robert Hahn, is this telling description of Linz today, the city that Hitler was born in: Heading away from the square, I turn left at Graben, meaning “moat”—I have passed … Continue reading

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Enlist

Courtesy: NRO

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On Decadence

Charles Hill, fellow at Yale and Stanford’s Hoover Institution, has an excellent piece “On Decadence“: The advent of “screen culture”—cellphones, iPads, as well as old-fashioned TV and film—now ubiquitous among the young in their formative years of education, has shrunk … Continue reading

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Syria & X

Rand Paul, who along with his father have a clearer understanding of jewish group evolutionary strategy than most, on Syria: The link between American interests and Syria is not clear, Sen. Rand Paul said on Sunday. “I think the war … Continue reading

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Paul McCartney – New

A new Paul McCartney song, reminiscent of his earlier work.

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Lovecraft’s Shadow

A bit of synchronicity for me. About a month ago, I discovered H.P. Lovecraft, read some of his stuff, attended a conference in R.I., and then this: The Call of Cthulhu At the Mountains of Madness Ancient Kingdom Discovered in … Continue reading

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Génération Identitaire

A powerful video (the link works, it just doesn’t show below), asserting themselves as an identity and a movement. “A Declaration of War – From the Youth of France” We are Generation Identitaire… Our generation are the victims of the … Continue reading

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Study Claims Poverty Reduces Brain Power

A bold thesis from experimental psychologists at Harvard, Princeton, the University of Warwick, and other universities: Poverty and the all-consuming fretting that comes with it require so much mental energy that the poor have little brain power left to devote … Continue reading

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Burning Man’s Big Hangup: Cellphones

A microcosm of what is happening to society writ large, and the inherent limitations of libertarianism’s response. Burning Man’s “immediacy of experience” ethos is being inundated with the likes of our generation’s most annoying social ‘enhancement’ (aka handicap)… the cellphone: … Continue reading

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