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Newly revealed letters from Heidegger confirm his Nazism—not that there was any doubt
The Paris Review Martin HeideggerNazismPhilosophy
Walker Percy Wednesday 106
He competed ferociously and successfully, his blood pressure went down, he slept better, but in the end he blew it and either withdrew or got kicked out. Why? Because he never caught on to the trick of Louisiana civility, the knack of banter and horsing around, easing up, joshing and joking—in a word, the American…
Vulgar cynicism and “soft” McCarthyism
H/T to Yanis Varoufakis for highlighting Srećko Horvat’s The Cyber-War on Wikileaks. (I was critical of the diplomatic leaks of a few years back but have now changed my mind given how unabashed and cunningly mendacious these bad actors are along with their complicitous presstitutes and tenured apologists). I bet the lobster risotto is better than the food at the Ecuadorian Embassy democracyhackingJulian Assangeregressive…
Chuck Berry @ 90
Happy birthday to a rock ‘n roll grandee. Here is Berry’s chatty innuendo-laden extended version of Dave Bartholomew’s My Ding-a-Ling (Dave himself is still going at 97). It used to be the Mary Whitehouses of the world who wanted to ban the ditty, now of course such draconian moves emanate from the regressive left. (Yes, I’m aware…
Haidt’s Hayek Lecture at Duke
bruce caldwellColleges and Universitiesfree speechFriedrich HayekJohn Stuart MillJonathan HaidtLiberal educationMarxismMoral psychologyregressive leftTruth
CFP: Governance and the Authority of the State
Michael OakeshottMichael Oakeshott AssociationPolitical philosophy
Dangerous idiots: how the liberal media elite failed working-class Americans
Journalism/opinion at its best and surprisingly not in an organ one would expect — at least lately. Sarah Smarsh’s incisive article (sans the standard academic virtue-signaling) illustrates why the electoral choices on offer are symptomatic of a long-standing boil that needs to be lanced — however messy it may become for a while. Using class spectacles, it is clear…
Michael Oakeshott’s Political Philosophy of International Relations
Just published and available here and here. civil associationDavide Orsi.international relationsMichael OakeshottPolitical philosophy
‘Confederacy of Dunces’ author’s papers online
Very good news. I thoroughly enjoyed poking around the archives in person. There is also some Tooleana in the Percy holdings across the road at Loyola for those in the area. a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolephilosophical literature
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