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Ron Unz At The American Conservative-’Meritocracy: Almost As Wrong As Larry Summers’
Full piece here. Are men better at math than women? Will the social sciences ever be able answer such a question? A few fireworks at the link: ‘Still, even a broken or crooked clock is right tw… more →
Chris Navin
Zizek’s Comic Dilemma: Kynicism or Cynicism?
wrote 2 weeks ago: I ended yesterday’s blog with a reflection on President Obama’s last words on trust and cynicism. He … more →
Leo Strauss Part 2 - Johnson
wrote 3 weeks ago: Leo Strauss, the Conservative Revolution, & National Socialism, Part 2 By Greg Johnson Editor’s … more →
Leo Strauss Part 1 - Johnson
wrote 3 weeks ago: Leo Strauss, the Conservative Revolution, & National Socialism, Part 1 By Greg Johnson “W … more →
Tom Flanagan’s last stand (II); The neo-liberal Calgary School
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wrote 1 month ago: By PEGGY MORTON* We are posting below Part Two of “Tom Flanagan’s Last Stand” by Peggy Morton from T … more →
Thoughts after general conference
wrote 1 month ago: As many know, it was recently General Conference for the Church. It is always a vaguely surreal expe … more →
On Xenophon
wrote 1 month ago: by: J.V Capone XENOPHON Introduction Among the colossi of the philosophical school i … more →
look who's coming into the cross-hairs next...
wrote 1 month ago: I’ve now been writing this blog for just about two years, and this will be my 200th post. Bein … more →
Ron Unz At The American Conservative-'Meritocracy: Almost As Wrong As Larry Summers'
wrote 2 months ago: Full piece here. Are men better at math than women? Will the social sciences ever be able answer su … more →
Crying "Wolf!" about creeping fascism might well blind us to the real thing
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wrote 2 months ago: In 1955, noted conservative figure Leo Strauss coined the junk Latin phrase reductio ad Hitlerum to … more →
The politics of symbolism
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wrote 2 months ago: Optimus Against your better judgement, or a vain attempt to look clever you’ll watch a show about po … more →
Oakeshott as Conservative
wrote 2 months ago: Robert Devigne’s intro to his chapter. The identification of Michael Oakeshott with conservati … more →
Conspiracy theories: A modest proposal... ("I also recommended that the government should immediately begin to “cognitively infiltrate” conspiracy groups in order to disrupt them with “beneficial cognitive diversity.”")| Veterans Today
wrote 4 months ago: by Sass Cuntstein, Information Czar and Cuntstitutional Scholar Extraordinaire In my previous … more →
Defending the People from the Professors by John P. McCormick
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wrote 4 months ago: From: Defending the People from the Professors by John P. McCormick, the art of theory, http://www.a … more →
More Great Stuff to Read, Listen to, Watch...
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wrote 4 months ago: I think I have seen this before; you may have too. But it is worth reposting: free e-books, audio b … more →
Neoconservatives vs. paleoconservatives
wrote 4 months ago: From reading the title of this post, you may wonder if you traveled back in time to 2003, 2005, or a … more →
Beating one's enemies into submission is not a righteous goal of civilized - or relevant - people
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wrote 5 months ago: The ante has been upped on Godwin’s Law, to a current – and disturbing – level. Fo … more →
The abandonment of intellectual autonomy
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wrote 5 months ago: Hello John To clarify: My “library” was set up as a secondhand bookshop. But after selli … more →
Kristol’s Thanksgiving Meditation Makes Central Role of Israel in Neo-Conservatism Clear
wrote 5 months ago: Kristol’s Thanksgiving Meditation Makes Central Role of Israel in Neo-Conservatism Clear | Common Dr … more →
Leo Strauss, considerazioni su un pensatore politico enigmatico.
wrote 6 months ago: di Michele Marsonet. Apprendere che Leo Strauss, il maestro dei consiglieri di Bush, è oggi diventat … more →
