Monthly Archives: October 2020

The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton

Here are some highlights from this 2017 book: * The New Criticism that Angleton treasured was a powerful method, not merely for its insights into poetry but for its implicitly conservative worldview. It was not value-free. On the contrary, its … Continue reading

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Claiming To Be Abo To Get Ahead In Australia

Comments at Steve Sailer: * Andrew Bolt (who you can think of as Australia’s Tucker Carlson) was sued under our anti-discrimination laws because of an opinion piece he wrote that criticised fair-skinned Aborigines for hogging the bulk of Aboriginal-only government … Continue reading

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Trump 2020

Comments at Steve Sailer: * Ann has been a great disappointment. She’s like so many of the eeyore’s around here who pout like little children about Trump because he couldn’t wave his hands and give them all their wishes. Trump … Continue reading

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Philosophy Is Being Hijacked by Woke Twitter Mobs

Nathan Cofnas writes: It didn’t take long for the paper and Editors’ Note to come to the attention of the wokerati on Twitter. Macquarie University philosophy professor Mark Alfano deemed my paper “shit” and announced his plan to “ruin [my] … Continue reading

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The Evolution Of Morality

Nathan Cofnas says: An influential approach in cultural evolutionary theory assumes that beliefs/ideas/practices spread as a result of individuals’ learning biases, natural selection, and random forces. People have learning biases to, for example, conform to the majority or adopt practices … Continue reading

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