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Category Archives: Culture
RIP: Carrie Fisher
From an EW story on Fisher’s death: In her 2008 memoir Wishful Drinking, which she adapted from a one-woman stage show, she dished on her relationships with musician Paul Simon, whom she dated throughout the late 1970s, married, divorced, and … Continue reading
Merry Christmas from Woody Allen & the NYT
In the NYT (where else?), Woody Allen reviews “Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936”, by Edward Sorel. That the NYT decides to publish this on Christmas Day, presumably with Allen’s blessing (no pun intended), is … Continue reading
Mark Lilla vs. Campus P.C.
Our latest installment of the JAPCAT phenom is “Campus Identity Politics Is Dooming Liberal Causes, a Professor Charges” by Evan Goldstein. The day after the presidential election, Mark Lilla had to get something off his chest. “I wrote in a … Continue reading
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Douthat: Books for the Trump Era
In “Books for the Trump Era”, apologetic, hat-in-hand, cuckservative, and token NYT’s “conservative ”Ross Douthat recommends some reading for those on the Left still stunned by Trump’s win. After name-dropping, to prove he’s well-versed in liberal authors (“Look, I read … Continue reading
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Abortion Belt Notch
From FNC: Lena Dunham said on the latest episode of her podcast that she wishes she’d had an abortion to fight the “stigma around this issue.” “Something I’ve thought about a lot is the fact that there is stigma around … Continue reading
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NPR: “Transgender Americans Race To Finish Paperwork Before Trump Administration”
“Transgender Americans Race To Finish Paperwork Before Trump Administration” is the NPR story’s headline. Many transgender people in the U.S. are rushing to change their designated gender on government documents before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. They worry the next … Continue reading
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T.S. Eliot: “The Cultivation of Christmas Trees” (1956)
There are several attitudes towards Christmas, Some of which we may disregard: The social, the torpid, the patently commercial, The rowdy (the pubs being open till midnight), And the childish—which is not that of the child For whom the candle … Continue reading
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BBC on ‘Gab’
The BBC has a story on the Twitter competitior Gab (“Gab: Free speech haven or alt-right safe space?”): It’s become the go-to social network for an extreme group of activists who have been chucked off of Twitter. So is Gab.ai … Continue reading
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Courage: Vermont Edition
When it comes to challenging the tenets of Political Correctness, Vermont is a fountainhead of political courage. First, Howard Dean drops out of DNC-head contention because he ain’t all that interested in (inevitably) being called an old, racist, white man, should … Continue reading
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Geert Wilders & The Silent Majority of Dutch Voters
From the BBC story “Are Dutch voters really turning to populist Geert Wilders?”: A quick calculation suggests almost three million people would vote for Geert Wilders. Anti-Islam and anti-immigration, Mr Wilders was found guilty on Friday of inciting discrimination and … Continue reading
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