Elitism v. Snobbery
I never could "get into" Bell's Crowd Culture. This micro review kinda makes me want to try again, but only "kinda." The book falls into "snobbish conservatism," which I've never much cared for.
We tend to think of liberalism as
Eric Scheske
Small Talk: How to Cultivate the True Disposition of the Artist
Practice being an artist by being a good conversationalist
Why Curb Your Enthusiasm is Funny
Good-Bye, CurbThe last Curb Your Enthusiasm aired Sunday. It will be sorely missed, even if I think this last season hasn’t been as good as the previous ones. Britannica has a great entry about Curb basics. I don’t think you’ll need a subscription to access it. Two
Tolkien's Letters: Revised and Expanded
Isaiah Flair at University Bookman
More Skeptics are at Least Scratching Their Heads about God These Days
Justin Brierley at Spectator World
Big Oil: Desecrating the Sacred?
Jeff Bilbro at Front Porch Republic
"Disparate Impact" is a Mind Disease. If Blacks Can't Pass the Test, It's a Racist Test
Heather Mac Donald at Imprimis
Partial Payments: Essays on Writers and Their Lives, by Joseph Epstein
A Micro-Review/Essay
“I am indebted to these writers.”
Paean. Nineteen of them. An essayist removes his hat, lowers his head, and says “thanks.” The essayist convinces us these subjects are great. We then understand that the essayist is great. Like recognizes like. Max Beerbohm’s prose is difficult to
Are We Really Supposed to Believe Psychedelics Gave Us Our Souls?
A mushroom?
Or God?
I didn’t fully appreciate the implication of The Stoned Ape theory until listening to Lex Fridman’s interview with Brian Muraresku.
Muraresku recently published The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, which claims psychedelics, in particular psilocybin, has made huge,
California Wine Struggles
Louis Sahagún at Los Angeles Times