Monthly Archives: January 2021

Screenwriting 101: Mastering the Art of Story

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Luke Ford

Angus Fletcher writes: * In comedy and tragedy, the main characters are eventually forced by the action of the plot to conform to the big rules of their story world. But in heroic scripts, the opposite happens: The main characters … Continue reading →

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The Place That You Love (1-17-21)

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Luke Ford

Find the Place You Love. Then Move There. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/01/what-moving-house-can-do-your-happiness/617667/ The German Historicist Tradition: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136517 The Other God That Failed: Hans Freyer and the Deradicalization of German Conservation,

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Richard Spencer says Trump brought out worst in him (1-17-21)

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Luke Ford

From the Financial Times Jan. 15, 2021: “Trump brought out the worst aspects in me — that’s not what I want to be remembered for,” Spencer said. “I recognised the toxicity of rightwing populism and didn’t want America to go … Continue reading →

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WSJ: The ‘Common Carrier’ Solution to Social-Media Censorship (1-17-21)

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Luke Ford

WSJ: The ‘Common Carrier’ Solution to Social-Media Censorship (1-17-21) https://t.co/25pmGmH1q5 — (((Luke Ford))) (@lukeford) January 17, 2021 00:00 Railroads can’t refuse to carry passengers for their political views. The same rule should apply to online monopolies, legal scholar Richard Epstein … Continue reading →

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The German Historicist Tradition

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2012 book by Frederic Beiser: * …, historicism undermined the perennial search in Western philosophy to find transcendent justifications for social, political and moral values, i.e., the endeavor to give these values some universal … Continue reading →

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