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Normism: The Philosophy of Norm Macdonald, a short book I wrote about the late great comedian, is available on Amazon.
Author Archives: Max West
Morton Downey Jr.
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie is a documentary on the late Morton Downey Jr., whose vile confrontational style paved the way for the likes of Howard Stern, Jerry Springer, Maury Povitch, and even Ted Baxter…er, I mean Bill O’Reilly. While … Continue reading
A Bell is Not a Bell
In the Oscar Hammerstein II – Out Of My Dreams documentary on PBS (see my previous post) is reference to a beautiful verse from the song “Sixteen Going On Seventeen – Reprise” from The Sound of Music. (This verse is … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Philosophy
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Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
I’m in the middle of reading The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Political Movements by Kevin MacDonald. Last week I watched Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy on PBS (video here.) In parallel … Continue reading
Wieseltier on Scientism
Many of my forays into philosophy on this blog will involve pointing out the dangerous dogmatism of scientism. Here’s Leon Wieseltier on the subject: Our glittering age of technologism is also a glittering age of scientism. Scientism is not the … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Scientism
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Lautenbergasaurus
One Senate Dinosaur down… about 75 more to go.
Posted in Politics
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‘Hate Speech’ in France
Terrifying news from France, where Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Front party, faces ‘thought crime’ criminal charges for “inciting racism”. The French authorities opened a case against Mrs Le Pen in 2011 after she likened the sight of … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Political Correctness
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Red Pill #5
“The Left derives its energy from the entropic release of power and energy from the breaking apart of the bonds keeping holding society together – families, contracts, hierarchies of authority, social classes, meritocracies. Our present era is no more than … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, Left
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Diversity in the Classroom
Inés Hardoy & Pål Schøne. “Does the Clustering of Immigrant Peers Affect the School Performance of Natives?” Journal of Human Capital, Spring 2013, Pages 1-25. Abstract: We analyze whether the proportion of immigrant students affects the school performance of natives … Continue reading
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Buckley/Vidal – Steel Cage Match
With tonight’s episode presuming martyrdom status for the ’68 Democratic Convention protesters, the increasingly funny, histrionic-laden, & hagiography-addled Mad Men, a show which jumped the shark 2 seasons ago, reminded me of the classic steel cage match between William F. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, History, Politics
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Food Desert Research Pt. 2
Alison Hope Alkona, Daniel Blockb, Kelly Moorec, Catherine Gillisc, Nicole DiNucciod, Noel Chavez. “Foodways of the urban poor.” Geoforum, August 2013, Pages 126-135. Abstract: In the past decade, progressive public health advocates and food justice activists have increasingly argued that … Continue reading