Monthly Archives: September 2022

Thomas Hobbes and Carl Schmitt: the Politics of Order and Myth

Posted on September 11, 2022 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2013 book: * In the years since World War II, the prevailing paradigm of politics has largely centred on the redistribution of resources. Hobbes and Schmitt, by contrast, help us appreciate two other conceptions … Continue reading →

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The Last Intellectuals: American Culture In The Age Of Academe

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Luke Ford

Russell Jacoby writes in 2000: * A specter haunts American universities or, at least, its faculties: boredom. A generation of professors entered the universities in the middle and wake of the sixties, when campuses crackled with energy; today these teachers … Continue reading →

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Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Luke Ford

Jon Acuff writes in this 2021 book: * Roy F. Baumeister, Rozin’s collaborator, explained why in his book The Power of Bad: How the Negativity Effect Rules Us and How We Can Rule It : “There is no opposite of … Continue reading →

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Who will lead? (9-7-22)

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Luke Ford

00:30 God save the King 02:00 Dooovid joins 09:45 The WASP Question 16:00 WP: New York set to force ultra-Orthodox schools to teach secular subjects 22:00 Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking 36:30 Elliott Blatt joins 46:00 Albion’s Seed: Four … Continue reading →

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Why are the black cities shrinking? (9-7-22)

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Luke Ford

00:30 John Fetterman 39:00 ABC News: Advocates say environmental racism is to blame for Jackson water crisis 56:00 Dooovid joins 1:09:00 Black men who’ve enriched our life 1:28:00 Ramzpaul on going to the moon 1:40:00 Owen Benjamin and Adam Green … Continue reading →

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