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Category Archives: Culture
Dangerous Minds
Dangerous Minds is a very good pop-cultural website, at least insofar as it touches upon subjects I’m interested in. Examples: a fascinating piece on the late actor Robert Shaw (aka ‘Quint) and a couple of 7th graders interviewing Slayer’s Tom … Continue reading
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Company Fires Employee For Saying Donald Sterling Has A Right To Free Speech
More proof that political correctness may only strengthen (aka Jason Richwine; Paula Dean; etc.) in the years to come, not weaken. (Hat tip: AmRen) The employee’s offense? A Twitter post, which read in full: “Here’s an unpopular opinion: Donald Sterling … Continue reading
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Injured Circus Clown
While the accident itself is not funny, this accompanying photo to a UPI story on a recent circus accident… struck me as odd. PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 4 (UPI) — At least nine performers are seriously injured after falling up to … Continue reading
“If He Can Fall, So Can You”
A chilling subtext on the matter: Kevin Johnson [who is black – Ed], the chairman of the National Basketball Players Association, hailed Tuesday’s announcement. “I hope that every bigot in this country sees what happened to Mr. Sterling and recognizes … Continue reading
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Internet’s Effect on Our Minds
Jacob Mikanowski reviews three recent academic books on what the internet is doing to our minds: The App Generation, Status Update, and It’s Complicated (all published by Yale University Press.) Mikanowski writes: I used to ask the internet everything. I … Continue reading
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Southern Man
Billy Bob Thornton on Hollywood’s depictions of the South: Interviewer: You’re from Arkansas. Does it bother you the way the South is portrayed on film and TV? Thornton: For the most part, it’s a shame. There’s always been a slight … Continue reading
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
He manages to present the most powerful and systematic perspective on the fundamental issues. This is one of the best columns he’s written, a must-read. The latest from Kevin MacDonald. In all the Main Stream Media propaganda about the desperate … Continue reading
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Glenn Beck: Forays into Culture Production
Beck is making waves. Politico has a top-read piece on the synergies between Beck and FreedomWorks (headed by Matt Kibbe), while the Hollywood Reporter has an article on his movements towards the creation of his own movie studio. The latter … Continue reading
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The New Academic Celebrity
There’s a decent, much-discussed piece in The Chronicle (“The New Academic Celebrity“) that discusses the increasing Kardashianization of public intellectuals (ala TED talks and the like.) Think (ironically) Stanley Fish, Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Sandel,l Cornel West, etc. In a famous … Continue reading
Separate Bathrooms are Discriminatory
If you want to get the instant, unreflective opinion of the liberal zeitgeist on any given topic, your best bet is Chris Matthews on MSNBC or Slate magazine. Now that gay ‘civil rights’ has given way to the latest cause … Continue reading
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