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- Podcast #270: ‘The Politics of the Academy Have Been Defeated’ February 1, 2025Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Yale English professor-turned-essayist William Deresiewicz, who argues that Americans—many Democrats included—are fed up with campus-style progressive radicalism.Quillette
- Evolutionary Psychology in the Humanities: Shakespeare’s Othello January 31, 2025Othello and Iago represent two enduring behaviours whose conflicts have shaped much of humanity’s theory of mind and moral emotions to the present day.Helen Pluckrose
- The Open Society and Its New Enemies January 29, 2025What Karl Popper’s classic can teach us about the threats facing democracies today.Matt Johnson
- Podcast #270: ‘The Politics of the Academy Have Been Defeated’ February 1, 2025
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- Mamie and Other Van Dorens January 31, 2025Reader mail on Mark Van Doren, Carl Van Doren, Mamie Van Doren, et al.Jay Nordlinger
- Shakespeare with Van Doren January 31, 2025On learning from the legendary professor Mark Van Doren (1894–1972).Jay Nordlinger
- Butkus, Baugh, Et Al. January 29, 2025Reader mail on Dick Butkus, Sammy Baugh, Maria Callas, and more.Jay Nordlinger
- Mamie and Other Van Dorens January 31, 2025
Category Archives: Politics
Ben Sasse for President
We are once again faced with the question of whether it is worth voting in the Presidential race and if so, for whom. Before considering any particular candidate, let’s have a look at the question of why vote at all. … Continue reading
Socialist Destructionism
Ludwig von Mises, a founder of the Austrian School of Economics served as a professor of economics at New York University from 1945 through 1969. He was a towering intellect who was influenced by and associated with some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged DiLorenzo, Frankfurt School, Herbert Marcuse, libertarian, Marx, Mises, Socialist Destruction, utopian socialism
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Can Trump Win the 2020 Race?
To win, he has to pull an inside straight. With time running out, it’s not likely. But it is possible. The Biden campaign strategy has always been to focus the race on Trump’s personality and avoid policy. In this he … Continue reading
Is Voting Rational?
See the video below by the editor-in-chief of Reason Magazine, Katherine Mangu-Ward. JFB
Posted in Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Biden, policy, Reason Magazine, Trump, Voting
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The Virginia Senate Race
Before being elected to the US Senate in 2008, Mark Warner (D. VA) served as governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. In 2014 ran for a second term against Republican Ed Gillespie, winning by just under 1% of the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Daniel Gade, Democrats, election 2000, Mark Warner, politics, Republicans, Virginia
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California’s Wildfires
Despite the apocalyptic rhetoric of environmental alarmists, the destructiveness of the raging wildfires in the Pacific Northwest are primarily the result bad policy–not climate change. See the short video below on the subject. JFB
Posted in Policy, Politics
Tagged California, climate change, Newsome, policy, Sierra Club, Wildfires
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The Left Wing Embrace of Violence
“If they even TRY to replace RBG we burn the entire fucking thing down”. Reza Aslan. For those lucky enough not to know who Reza Aslan is, he is a Professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside; … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged early voting, elections, Fairfax County, politics, Supreme Court, Trump, Virginia, voter intimidation
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