Monthly Archives: October 2022

NYRB: To what extent did newspapers influence public opinion in the US and Britain before and during World War II?

From the New York Review of Books: * In The Newspaper Axis: Six Press Barons Who Enabled Hitler, Kathryn S. Olmsted claims that these monstrous moguls exercised a clear and malign influence on American and British policy, and that their … Continue reading

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The Rapid-Response Novel

Giles Harvey writes in the New York Review of Books: * Over the past decade, but especially since the epochal events of 2016, a growing number of writers have been running a sort of stress test on the form, stuffing … Continue reading

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My Fame Peaked In 2006

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American Universities Began Asking For A Personal Statement Essay To Weed Out Jews

College admissions in America operate with the tools of the last century that were enacted to limit the admission of Jews. In most countries, admission to university is done on the basis of test scores, but American universities in the … Continue reading

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LA’s Anti-White Coalition of the Fringe Falls Apart (10-12-22)

00:30 LAT: Listen to audio of L.A. council members making racist, crude remarks 02:00 Tucker on PA’s senate race 12:00 Reb Dooovid joins 29:00 Why couldn’t priests with defects serve in the Temple? 31:00 List of disqualifications for the Jewish … Continue reading

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