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Category Archives: Rony Guldmann
‘Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia’ by Rony Guldmann
I’ve spent more time reading and rereading this book than any other over the past three years. I just ran it through Grok to get a summary: Cultural Oppression by Liberal Elites: Guldmann explores how conservatives perceive themselves as being … Continue reading
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Joe Biden & The New Class
Rony Guldmann responds to my email: Hey Luke, I have been pondering your question about Biden’s cognitive decline, even though that issue appears to have been at least temporarily superseded by the events of this weekend. As to what’s going … Continue reading
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Liberals Were Blinded To Biden’s Senility By Their Own Speech Codes
What’s the biggest difference between the liberal and conservative news media in the United States over the past five years? Conservatives have consistently described Joe Biden as senile and liberals have consistently derided this and demanded expert evidence. Jim VandeHei … Continue reading
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Decoding The Campus Protests (5-26-24)
01:00 Philosopher and author Rony Guldmann, https://ronyguldmann.com/17:00 Why the swift crackdown on the protests? 33:00 Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression, https://ronyguldmann.com/conservative-claims-cultural-oppression/36:00 Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, Stanford Law profs and progenitors of disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. https://ronyguldmann.com/faq/42:00 Affirmative action … Continue reading
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Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia (Transgender Edition)
01:00 Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia (Transgender Edition), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15428403:00 Philosopher Rony Guldmann, https://ronyguldmann.com/38:00 Hero systems, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14653448:00 Liberal and conservative reactions to gay identity1:02:00 The rise of Christian nationalism1:08:00 The buffered identity purports to … Continue reading
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AP: The downfall of FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried sends shockwaves through the crypto world
For six months, I’ve been talking about the life and thought of philosopher Rony Guldman, who published in 2022 a memoir, The Star Chamber of Stanford: On the Secret Trial of a Stanford Law Fellow. The two antagonists in this … Continue reading
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The Jewish Angle To Rony Guldman’s Story
In his work in progress, A Critical Theory of Academia, Rony Guldmann writes: * Barbara [Fried] had remarked to someone in the faculty lounge at the outset of our December 2008 meeting (with Joe) that here was a meeting of … Continue reading
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REACTION: The Star Chamber of Stanford: On the Secret Trial and Invisible Persecution of a Stanford Law Fellow
Author Rony Guldmann responds to my inquiries: Dear Luke, Thanks so much for reading my book and publicizing it on your blog. I’m truly grateful. As to the question of whether any part of the book reflects mental illness, I … Continue reading
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The Tradition of Post Tradition (2021)
Stephen Turner writes: * The arrival of the war focused the discussion of the moral crisis. One theme was the question of what the war was being fought for: Robert Maynard Hutchins and John Dewey debated the question in the … Continue reading
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