National Review- Quillette
- How French Intellectuals Ruined the West May 7, 2024Postmodernism and Its Impact, Explained.Helen Pluckrose
- The End of the World as We Know It May 6, 2024Far from enhancing American national security, or the security of the world, nuclear weapons will lead us to the edge of destruction.Lawrence M. Krauss
- Very Bad Government May 3, 2024From the beginning, the SNP leadership has skilfully papered over its failures and absurdities with soaring rhetoric of the better life to come once Scotland is “free.”John Lloyd
- How French Intellectuals Ruined the West May 7, 2024
- Jay Nordlinger
- Man of the Book May 6, 2024On a podcast with Mohamad Jebara, scholar and explainer of Islam.
- A <I>Mad</I> Song and More May 3, 2024Reader mail on hating, cousin marriage, etc.
- ‘The craziest SOB,’ &c. May 3, 2024On the Libertarian Party and MAGA; ‘liberated zones’; the allure of psyops; foggy Mount Fuji; Duane Eddy; and more.
- Man of the Book May 6, 2024
Category Archives: Culture
“Silence” by Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese’s Silence is a complicated film. Based on a novel of the same name by Shusaku Endo, it tells the story of 2 Jesuit priests in the 17th century who set out for Japan to find their mentor, Father … Continue reading
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Fake News
The latest battle cry being test marketed by enemies of free speech is “Fake News”. It is the perfect bumper sticker slogan because the phrase is entirely devoid of substantive meaning, and it is sure to get partisan blood boiling. … Continue reading
So Long 2016, Hello 2017
Well, it’s been quite a year. A lot of improbable things happened in 2016, not the least of which was the election of His Majesty King Donald the 1st as the 45th President of the U.S. It may be difficult … Continue reading
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A Very Costly “Victory”
President-elect Donald J. Trump, joined by some formerly free-market Republicans, is engaged in an exercise of self-congratulations for successfully stopping Carrier Corporation from moving some of its production facilities to Mexico. The claim is made that this “saved 1,000 American … Continue reading
On This Thanksgiving Day
We should give special thanks for our good fortune in having had James Madison as the principal architect of our Constitutional order. It was James Madison who was largely responsible for creating the elaborate system of checks and balances that … Continue reading
Arrival: They’re Here…
Arrival is not your ordinary Alien Invasion Flick. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, its central premise is that communication is the key to understanding. In this it has more in common with films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind than … Continue reading
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Failure of the Elites
Donald Trump is going to spend the next two months taking a crash course in how to be President. Let’s hope he studies his Cliff Notes carefully. He’s going to need them. The headline on the front page of the … Continue reading
The Koon-ut-kal-if-fee
As all Trekkies know, about every 7 years or so Vulcans experience an overwhelming hormonal imbalance known as pon farr that subjects them to an overpowering desire to mate. It can often lead to a marriage proposal. But Vulcans can … Continue reading
Enough of the Sanctimony Already
It is perfectly obvious that Donald Trump is spectacularly unqualified to occupy the Oval Office. And roughly no one would be surprised to find there is serious proof that he is in fact a serial predator. And it ought to … Continue reading
Dylan Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
The long predicted death of rock and roll seems to have been delayed yet again. Yes, Bob Dylan deserves the Nobel Prize https://t.co/ILYo5d4AOV via @WSJ — Joe Benning (@songspots) October 14, 2016 JFB
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