Author Archives: Max West

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

As the Alt-Right, and white identity politics in general, grows in size as a counter-cultural force, we can expect The Cathedral to portray this phenomenon through satire. In proportion to the rate of Alt-Right growth, progressive satire will posses proportionally … Continue reading

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KPCS: Ricky Gervais

KPCS shows are a master class in deconstructing how comedy works. The latest is with the great Ricky Gervais. One thing I love about Gervais is how he is a student of comedy, much like Pollak. BTW, I was at … Continue reading

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Master’s Thesis: “Collective Identity Construction in the Alt-Right Movement”

Here is the abstract of a masters thesis titled “I’m tired of being sh-t on for being white”: Collective identity construction in the Alt-Right movement: This thesis examines collective identity construction within the extreme right movement Alt-Right that gained public … Continue reading

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On the Window Dressing

The Times of Israel has an article on an upcoming YIVO Institute conference on the prominent role of Jews in the Russian Revolution. Here’s a quote from Jonathan Brent, the executive director of the YIVO Institute: In America during the … Continue reading

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Kevin MacDonald – The Culture of Critique, Part I (Replacing Race in Anthropology)

The Leftovers does a fantastic job as a PowerPoint presentation of KMac’s seminal work CoC. Here is the first part. Be sure to check out the others! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve7RPvhC7tc

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Hawley: The European Roots of the Alt-Right

It’s currently behind a pay firewall, but George Hawley, author of Making Sense of the Alt-Right, has a piece in Foreign Affairs titled “The European Roots of the Alt-Right”.

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George Washington Church vs. George Washington

Here is a perfect example of where the universalism and race-denialism of Christianity clashes directly with even the basic foundations of the inherent racial identity that a culture and civilization possesses. Leaders at the church that George Washington attended decided … Continue reading

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Richard Haier: The Neuroscience of Intelligence

Jared Taylor reviews the new book The Neuroscience of Intelligence by Professor Richard Haier of the University of California at Irvine.

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Falstaff

Allen Mendenhall reviews Harold Bloom’s new book Falstaff: Give Me Life (Shakespeare’s Personalities): The result is a solemn, exhilarating meditation on Sir John Falstaff, the cheerful, slovenly, degenerate knight whose unwavering and ultimately self-destructive loyalty to Henry of Monmouth, or … Continue reading

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Trailer: Phantom Threads (2017)

There is a first trailer out for Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming film Phantom Threads, which will be PTA’s second collaboration with Daniel Day-Lewis (the excellent film There Will Be Blood being the first). Phantom Threads will also be notable as … Continue reading

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