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
Topic
Political Philosophy
A collection of 48 issues
Parliament Created the 18th-Century’s Great Gin Craze
“[N]oe sort of Brandy Aqua vite or other Spirits or distilled Waters of any Kingdome Country or place whatsoever shall after the said foure and twentyeth day of August be imported into the Kingdoms of England or Ireland . . .”.
If you read the Wikipedia entries about England’s Great Gin
Hating Rural Whites
Nathan Robinson at Current Affairs
Albert Jay Nock, Our Enemy, the State: Summary
I think this minor classic boils down to a handful of points:
1. State power comes at the price of social power. If the state will take care of something, then people won't. As social power collapses, so does society. This is Nock's best insight, and
California was a Hot Bed of Libertarianism
Given the ideological condition of the Golden State today, it must've been the most-failed ideological movement in history
My opinion of Gavin Newsom, Eric Garcetti, and other imbecilic politicians in California is strongly colored by Joe Rogan, who has an extremely low opinion of them. So whereas
The Inherent and Severe Limitations of Thinking
In the early 1990s, I practiced law with a lot of impressive Jewish attorneys. One, particularly so. He was brilliant, aggressive, and driven. He also held a Ph.D. in philosophy. I always wanted to ask him why he got a doctorate in philosophy and then went to law school,
Place and Conservatism
Mark T. Mitchell at Front Porch Republic
Urban Planning v. Organic Cities
Anthony Eagan at City Journal
Has Feminism And 'Hoeflation' Destroyed Dating In The West?
Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge
The Quest for Community at 70
Brad Birzer at University Bookman