Category Archives: Culture

Nick Nolte

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Max West

From the pages of a trashy celebrity oriented website, I thought this was a very nice recent photo of the ‘I don’t give a f**k’ Nick Nolte:

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10 Inspiring Bookshops From Around The World

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Max West

Of this list, I’ve been to #2, and it’s a wonderful place.

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Bill Watterson

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Max West

Bill Watterson, creator of the eternal Calvin and Hobbes, drew panels for key lines from his famous graduation speech to Kenyon College in 1990. It’s a wonderful strip on “creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul”.

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On Decadence

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Max West

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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Burning Man’s Big Hangup: Cellphones

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Max West

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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Racist Soda

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Max West

Given that diet soda is no more expensive than regular soda, Gallup discovers more evidence of hedonistic, lack-of-impulse-control, behavior among our vibrant, non-white population. (“Regular Soda Popular With Young, Nonwhite, Low-Income“. Hat tip: AmRen): WASHINGTON, D.C. — Young adults, nonwhites, … Continue reading →

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Bruce Willis Doesn’t Give A Shit

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Max West

Notable as a difficult personality, Bruce Willis’ chat to Magic 105.4 about Red 2 is… almost rehearsed in his disinterest, anomie, and overall a-hole-ness. Was he just having a bad day? Is this how he always is? Is he having … Continue reading →

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The Butler

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Max West

The Butler is but the latest in Hollywood’s insatiable appetite for magic negro movies. From just the trailers, you can pretty much discern the whole screenplay. So predictable. So hilarious in its moral pretentiousness. Hence, I had to crack up … Continue reading →

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The Business of Financing ‘Hate Groups’

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Max West

In typical NYT fashion, they’ve assembled an unbalanced, very non-gentile, 5-person panel to discuss “The Business of Financing Hate Groups“: Jamie Chandler (political scientist), Palmer Gibbs (journalism grad student0, Mark Potok (the SPLC creep), Gabe Rothman (ACLU), and… Waheed Hussein … Continue reading →

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Jason Richwine in Politico

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Max West

Embattled public policy analyst Jason Richwine has an opinion column in Politico today (“Why can’t we talk about IQ?“): For people who have studied mental ability, what’s truly frustrating is the déjà vu they feel each time a media firestorm … Continue reading →

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