Daily Archives: July 5, 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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