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The Asians and the Nordics
Even those who aren’t above noticing these sorts of things are still puzzled by some of the demographic trends from the election. Specifically, they’re troubled by the high percentage of Asians that...
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Good government
One thing that’s sort of fun to do, is to apply basic economic concepts to states. For whatever reason, economists will apply lots of concepts to individuals and companies but not to states. For...
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Randoms
- Mangan vs Paleo Retiree on porn. I certainly have no strong objection to porn, however I’ve taken Mangan’s point to be that we don’t have any idea what the long term effects of free and immediate...
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Review of “Masters of Deceit” by J. Edgar Hoover
Communism in the US has a long history. Let’s set aside the earliest bits and focus on the two most recent periods. These periods are the US-Russian Alliance period and the modern progressive period....
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- More on porn - Violent crime isn’t necessarily decreasing. - I’ve read a lot of books from the pre-1900 era. If you’ve done the same, you undoubtedly noticed that they’re written for a much more...
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Government pay
Arnold Kling and Megan McArdle on government pay. These studies all miss the point badly. There are two defining characteristics of federal government pay: 1) the pay structure is very flat compared to...
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It’s a mystery?!?!?
The things that surprise mainstream commentators never cease to surprise me. Megan McArdle can’t figure out what’s going on with property prices in a particular DC neighborhood. I don’t want to defend...
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- What price multiculturalism? - Uh oh, apparently the blueprint for dealing with South Africa may be used for dealing with the gun industry. As long as you ignore the genocide and general slide into...
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Review of “Bitter Harvest” by Ian Smith
Ian Smith was right. Regardless of everything else that’s been said about him, enough time has passed for us to know one thing about him without question . . . Ian Smith was right – in the end, his...
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Review of “Everyday Drinking” by Kingsley Amis
“Your writing,” she stated, “is getting more and more biased and entrenched in reactionary fuddy-duddyism.” An excellent summing-up, I thought, of my contribution to the eighties’ cultural scene. This...
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How to really read in 2013
Ross Douthat provides a reading list for (dare I say?) an open-minded progressive in 2013. Frankly, his list is lame. If you want a really open-minded reading list for 2013 here are five suggestions:...
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Randoms
- DC politics is never dull, but there were fewer than 100 murders in the city for the first time in fifty years. More from the most popular official in DC. - Sailer is interviewed in the Washington...
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- An attempt to briefly summarize Moldbuggery (HT: moldbuggery). - A prayer for Lawrence Auster. - Thoughts on The Bow of Ulysses. - Thoughts on The Education of Lev Navrozov: There are indeed “plenty...
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Review of “Fifty Shades of Grey” by E. L. James
A while back, I had drinks with one of this blog’s best commenters, and he strongly recommended this book (he also provided some thoughts, some of which I’ve taken). The recommendation came with a set...
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Randoms
- nydwracu on starting a reactionary webzine. Personally, I’d like to see something a little narrower. Dark Enlightenment only. - Moldbug on Aaron Swartz: Autocratic and unaccountable power in the...
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The Thomas Carlyle Club for Young Reactionaries (Students Against a...
The first issue of the newsletter here (pdf).
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On orderly societies
Reading old books affords one the opportunity to (almost) travel in time and to (almost) experience an alternative reality. Who needs sci-fi, when you’ve got Google Books? Here’s an interesting...
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- The new clerisy. - Immigration and Social Security (and unemployment). - Paleo retiree on Jared Diamond. He also asks, “How is that a few people who become parents continue to be fun and interesting...
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- Nick Land on Moldbug. - More on diversity and progressivism, etc. - Why doesn’t Congress want power? - Mapping economic classes in New York. - You’re reading Radish, right? - How much interest rate...
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House of Cards
I watch a lot of long-format TV shows, but I generally don’t comment on them here. Nevertheless, House of Cards is apparently being discussed in interesting circles. Plus, I’ve watched the first two...
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