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Rony Guldmann Revisits Jonah Goldberg’s 2008 Book Liberal Fascism (11-30-25)
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Rony Guldmann Revisits Liberal Fascism
There was only one thing that jarred me in Rony Guldmann’s book, Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression, and that was its serious treatment of a ridiculous Jonah Goldberg book. I get it though. I’ve made similar mistakes many times. I’ve … Continue reading
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The Star Chamber of Stanford: On the Secret Trial and Invisible Persecution of a Stanford Law Fellow by Rony Guldmann
I asked AI: Please review, critique, analyze and assess for credibility this 2022 book by attorney-philosopher Rony Guldmann — The Star Chamber of Stanford. The antagonists in the book are the parents of Sam Bankman-Fried — Barbara Fried and Joseph … Continue reading
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Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia
I want philosopher Rony Guldmann to publish this groundbreaking book, which provides the best guide to intellectual life in the Trump era. Grok says: Quality of Writing and Argument: The prose is dense, scholarly, and philosophical, drawing on thinkers like … Continue reading
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Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of “Conservaphobia”
1. Rony Guldmann writes about conservatives feeling like they’re being culturally oppressed. I’m like, finally, someone wrote a scholarly defense of my last 12 livestreams. 2. Reading this book felt like reading my own diary—if my diary had footnotes, more … Continue reading
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Fat Acceptance and Vaccine Rejectionism
Rony Guldmann writes: Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Nemen sparked a firestorm in October 2021 when he posted on Linkedin that America hadn’t been paying enough attention to obesity’s role in aggravating Covid’s dangers. While endorsing the vaccines, Nemen seemed to downplay … Continue reading
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The Critical Theory of Academia: A Companion to The Star Chamber of Stanford.
Grok gave me this analysis of the Rony Guldmann book: Rony Guldmann’s The Critical Theory of Academia: A Companion to The Star Chamber of Stanford is an intricate, philosophically dense work-in-progress that serves as a theoretical companion to his earlier … Continue reading
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Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia
I asked Grok for an analysis of this work-in-progress by philosopher Rony Guldmann. Rony Guldmann’s Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia is an ambitious and densely philosophical work-in-progress that seeks to reframe conservative grievances … Continue reading
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The Star Chamber of Stanford: On the Secret Trial and Invisible Persecution of a Stanford Law Fellow
I asked Grok for an analysis of this Rony Guldmann memoir: Rony Guldmann’s The Star Chamber of Stanford: On the Secret Trial and Invisible Persecution of a Stanford Law Fellow is an ambitious and provocative memoir that seeks to expose … Continue reading
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Philosopher Rony Guldmann On Trump II (3-16-25)
01:00 The LA Fires, Donald Trump & the DemocratsConservaphobia: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14416815:00 Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/aaron-renn-christianity-conservative-negative-world.html19:20 Vibe shift since Trump’s victory 21:00 Rony says America is governed worse since Trump II25:00 Do heterosexual men … Continue reading
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