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Category Archives: Social Commentary
The Bias Of Normalcy
…can kill you. Don’t think it can’t happen here.
[Via Sarah Hoyt]
Kong Versus Godzilla
If you like watching a big ape (not “monkey”) punching a big lizard (and vice versa), does Sonny Bunch have a movie for you.
But notwithstanding the quality of the flick itself, I have to dispute his characterization of his home theater as “decent enough.” A soundbar is easy, but it’s not home theater. I’ve put in 5.1 surround sound, with a Polkaudio subwoofer, and that is close enough to theater quality for me to watch at home. To me the big difference between home and theater is screen size, even with our own 65″. It’s much more immersive when you can’t see much of anything except screen.
The Current Politicocultural DIsaster
Heinlein saw it coming six decades ago.
[Thursday-afternoon update]
Yes, our “elites” do seem to want a racial apocalypse.
The Rise Of Nazism And The American Left
We should not ignore the commonalities.
Related: The wokists aren’t just a reprise of previous enemies. As he notes, they hate America.
The Death Of Density
I don’t think the cities will ever be the same.
Happy Easter
…to all of my Christian readers.
Virtue Signaling
…replaces baseball as the national pastime.
What we need is a coalition of the unwoke.
The great awokening:
[Update a while later]
I hadn’t been aware that Neill Ferguson had married Ayaan Hirsi Ali, apparently in 2011.
[Late-afternoon update]
The Evolution Of The Lineages Of Modernity
A long, but interesting book review, from Jim Bennett.
Too Much Risk Aversion
…is too risky.
Someone should write a book about that.