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Why don’t you like modern art?
I’ve done a couple of posts on modern art over at Econlog, so I thought I’d try to avoid wearing out my welcome by doing the third over here. It seems to me that people in the comment section object...
View ArticleIdeologies follow the tribe
Here we have conservatives defending a guy who molests teens: A group of 53 Alabama pastors signed onto a letter pledging their support for alleged child molester and Senate candidate Roy Moore....
View ArticleFilms of 2017
Let’s hope my life finally hit rock bottom in 2017. (At age 62, fat chance!) I’m looking forward to wrapping up my two book projects by mid-2018, and then starting to actually live again. Reading...
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The worst prejudice of them all
I was awakened about 3am last night by my alter ego, Scott Slumber. He seemed very upset and had me dictate a blog post. I was only able to scribble down a small part of what he said, as his speech...
View ArticleThe China Threat?
The normally sober Financial Times has a truly bizarre article on the perceived threat posed by China: Marketing slogans aside, since at least the 1980s there has been no presumption that US companies...
View ArticleWhat do we mean by meaning?
A commenter named Ted asked me some interesting questions: Topics/prompts that I’d be interesting in reading your thoughts on: -What determines the risk-free rate? -Where have you found meaning in...
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It’s a wonderful, awful, and perplexing life
Time for another Ted talk. Commenter Ted asked me a bunch of interesting questions, including this: How you have thought about death and how you wish you thought about death. This is going to be a...
View ArticleRIP, Nicholas Roeg (plus Rage Against the Machine)
One of Britain’s greatest directors passed away today. Nicholas Roeg produced some lovely dreamlike films during the 1970s. PS. Scott Slumber pointed me to a National Geographic story, which explains...
View ArticleToo much of a good thing is boring
America keeps getting richer, but it doesn’t seem to be making us happier. There is an epidemic of depression among the young, and suicide rates keep soaring to new highs. I’m going to argue that the...
View ArticleFilms of 2018
Overall, a disappointing year. I didn’t see a single new film that I’d call “great”. (I somehow missed Ash is the Purest White.) I saw more films than usual this year, due to the purchase of a...
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