Monthly Archives: July 2021

Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2012 book by David Hackett Fischer: * When one compares these many accounts, one notices that the same language of description tends to occur. Karl Popper described New Zealanders as “decent, friendly and well-disposed.” … Continue reading →

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Auburn

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Luke Ford

I don’t think I ever heard the terms “redneck”, “cracker”, “white trash” and “white flight” until we moved to Auburn in the fall of 1980. I had to have them explained to me by middle class neighbors. We were surrounded … Continue reading →

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Talking Nationalism With The Rabbi

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Rabbi Judas Maccabeus, https://twitter.com/JudasMaccabeus7 02:00 Rabbi’s Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLgG… 04:00 Sephardic Jewry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephard… 05:00 Jewish Day Schools, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_… 09:30 Attitudes toward America 10:40 Average IQs among Mizrahim, Sephardim, Ashkenazim 11:00 Judas believes IQ is primarily the result of genetics … Continue reading →

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Beyond Good And Evil (7-4-21)

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Can we move beyond good and evil? https://rumble.com/vjbk1r-saving-private-godward-7-1-21.html 03:00 Godward on Justin the Martyr, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Martyr 25:00 Scholar of religion, John Z. Smith, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Z._Smith 45:40 Richard Spencer gets mean about Christianity and Judaism, https://youtu.be/RLVVrmbm1bc?t=5860 49:00 What does Judas Maccabeus want … Continue reading →

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Acting Jewish: Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage and Screen

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Luke Ford

From the 2005 book by Henry Bial, Acting Jewish: Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage and Screen: * At 8:00 P.M. on the evening of Thursday, 14 May 1998, the Jewish Museum in New York City hosted a panel discussion … Continue reading →

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