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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
- Jay Nordlinger
- 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
Wealth, Poverty and Politics: A Discussion with Dr. Thomas Sowell
One of the problems we face in the public square is that “argument” consists largely of assertions without regard to facts, evidence, or logic. It is commonly assumed, for instance, that differences in outcomes result from unequal treatment, and that … Continue reading
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Tagged discrimination, Great Society, Hoover Institution, Peter Robinson, policy, politics, poverty, Thomas Sowell, wealth
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Don’t Know Much about History…
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” Jean-Jacque Rousseau “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” Edmund Burke. There is a great philosophical divide between classical liberalism and utopian socialism. It is this divide … Continue reading
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Tagged classical liberalism, David Starkey, Philosophy, politics, utopian socialism, woke culture
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The Week Trump Lost the Election
When the history books of the 2020 election are written they will most likely say that this was the week that Donald J Trump lost his bid for re-election. Not because of the economy; not because of the killing of … Continue reading
While America Burns
Perhaps it was inevitable; it’s starting to look like 1968 again. According to press reports, at least 15 of America’s large cities have recently experienced what we decorously refer to as “civil unrest”. Needless to say, politicians—the people who are … Continue reading
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Tagged Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Minneapolis, murder, police, politics, Progressives, protesters, riots
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And About Those Norms…
We hear a lot about norms these days, and in particular, about how President Donald Trump’s typically juvenile behavior violates long standing norms and therefore harms democracy. There is something to this. Trump is, after all, boorish, a habitual liar … Continue reading
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Tagged Collusion Inquiry, Comey, Donald Trump, FISA, Hillary Clinton, James Brennan, James Clapper, James Comey, Joe Biden, Norms, Perkins Coie, President Obama
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We Need to Talk about… Joe Biden
His name is not Donald J Trump. That is all it takes, apparently, for a Democratic challenger to command the loyalty of the party faithful. It doesn’t matter what he thinks, assuming he is capable of it. After all his … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Sanders, campaign, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, nomination, policy, politics, Stephanie Kelton
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Progressive Fascism
“Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State.” Benito Mussolini “State intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient, or when the political interests of the State are involved. This intervention … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Bill of Rights, classic Liberalism, control, Fascism, liberty, Mussolini, Nancy Pelosi, policy, politics, Progressive
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George Will Interview
George Will needs no introduction. Here he is at the Aspen Institute being interviewed by Judy Woodruff–who also needs no introduction. JFB
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Tagged Aspen Institute, Conservatism, George Will, Judy Woodruff, politics
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The Season is Upon Us
When January of 2021 comes rolling around it is virtually inevitable that a supremely ambitious, self-serving, vicious and ignorant partisan hack will take the Presidential oath of office. The only question is whether the hack will be named Donald Trump … Continue reading
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Tagged corruption, Democrats, Donald Trump, elections, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, politics, Republicans
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An Interview with Peter Thiel
Peter Theil, a famously successful technology investor, is the founder of PayPal and the first outsider to take a stake of Facebook. He eventually sold PayPal in 2002 to eBay for $1.5 Billion and later sold his 10.2% stake in … Continue reading
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Tagged Hoover Institution, Peter Thiel, Philosophy, politics
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