Monthly Archives: July 2023

MedPage: What You Need to Know About That ‘Johns Hopkins’ Lockdown Study

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Luke Ford

From Medpage.com: A paper being touted as the “Johns Hopkins study” that suggested lockdowns didn’t reduce COVID deaths has serious flaws and is being misinterpreted, experts said. Fox News has charged that there’s been a “full-on media blackout” of the … Continue reading →

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Nationalism & Multiculturalism

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Luke Ford

In his 2015 book, Key Concepts in Politics and International Relations, Andrew Heywood wrote: * One key source of multicultural thinking stems from the attempt to refashion liberal beliefs to take into account the importance of communal belonging. In this … Continue reading →

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Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Luke Ford

Here’s the conclusion of this 2014 book by Peter Ackroyd: * The reformation of the English Church was, from the beginning, a political and dynastic matter; it had no roots in popular protest or the principles of humanist reform. No … Continue reading →

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Goals, Symphonies & Loneliness (7-6-23)

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 Three teenage girls laugh at me when I struggle with pullups03:00 Sydney was beautiful, but I was alone 04:00 I want a bitter sweet symphony14:00 Dennis Prager is the leader of the band, https://lukeford.net/blog/?page_id=3162016:00 No amount of Soylent will … Continue reading →

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Decoding Peter Zeihan (7-5-23)

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 Deconstructing Peter Zeihan’s Creator Biz, https://youtu.be/2FJ4ykYqFNM22:10 Chris Kanthan: Peter Zeihan is the Jim Cramer of Geopolitics, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peter-zeihan-is-the-jim-cramer-of-geopolitics/id1640917261?i=100061107556434:00 Peter Zeihan vs Ian Bremmer, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bremmer42:00 Michael Beckley on why the U.S. will remain the world’s sole superpower, https://www.michaelbeckley.org/books1:06:40 Peter Zeihan and … Continue reading →

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