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La biografía de Jonathan Bowden de Edward Dutton es una revelación. Pensé que conocía a Jonathan Bowden. Incluso pensaba que estábamos empezando a ser amigos. Pero la verdad es que apenas lo conocía. Sí, conocía sus ideas. Pero no conocía al hombre ni su mente. (more…)
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Here’s how white my hometown used to be: the first time I ever saw a black man there, I thought he was an alien. He pulled up at a bus-stop in his car when I was walking back home from school with a friend, and shouted out loudly to me, “Steven! Tell me how to get to Whateveritwas Street!” (more…)
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It was a chilly October day in London, and the year was 1975. A television writer approaching the offices of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) walked at a brisk pace to his appointment. (more…)
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The sexual revolution had no unambiguous “Thermidor” moment like the fall of Robespierre to bring its most radical phase to an end, but by the beginning of the new millennium it was clear feminism was no longer carrying all before it as it had just a few years earlier. Its institutional legacy, of course, is with us still, and the work of clearing it away has scarcely begun. (more…)
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I remember when I was in college, I had a professor who used to place a lot of emphasis on the differences between advertising and propaganda. The old man would explain that the former tended to adapt to the tastes and customs of its target audience, while the latter was far more insidious, even subversive. Not only did it seek to influence its intended audience, but, to a certain extent, it aimed to alter their perceptions and stances on a given issue. In other words, its drive to persuade went beyond trivial matters and had serious consequences for those it was aimed at.
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As governments grapple with slowing productivity, aging populations, and rising public debt, a new policy framework is urgently needed—one that transcends the conventional trade-offs between equity and growth, and instead focuses on what matters most for long-term societal success: intelligence and competence. (more…)
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Why dost thou behold the mote in thy brother’s eye, and behold not the beam that is in thine own?
Matthew 7:3 (more…)
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Anson Frericks
Last Call for Bud Light: The Fall and Future of America’s Favorite Beer
Threshold Editions, 2025
In the 1980s, the top selling beer in America was Budweiser and the second best-selling beer was Bud Light, both brewed by Anheuser-Busch, a Saint Louis based company. (more…)
Mark Carney
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Mark Carney
On the day of Canada’s federal election on April 28, 2025, President Donald Trump made the following comment:
Good luck to the Great people of Canada.Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the World, have your Car, Steel, Aluminum, Lumber, Energy, and all other businesses, QUADRUPLE in size, WITH ZERO TARIFFS OR TAXES, if Canada becomes the cherished 51st. State of the United States of America. (more…)
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Covid was perhaps the best thing to ever happen to me. Yes, I know. There is a whole lot we could talk about in that context, but for me personally, it had mainly positive effects. (more…)
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During his reign as Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar acted to reverse the declining birthrate of his people. He passed various pro-family laws which penalized the unmarried and the childless, discouraged miscegenation between Romans and non-Romans, taxed prostitution, and criminalized homosexuality. (more…)
