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Charles R. Kesler
Crisis of the Two Constitutions: The Rise, Decline, & Recovery of American Greatness
New York: Encounter Books, 2021

Charles R. Kesler is a professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, editor of the Claremont Review of Books, and a member of President Trump’s 1776 Commission. Read more …

Published: March 4, 2021 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, book reviews, Charles R. Kesler, conservatism, Crisis of the Two Constitutions, Morris V. de Camp, North American New Right, originals, political organizing, progressivism, social liberalism, the Constitution | 5 Responses

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A Note on the Engineer’s Fallacy

Mark Gullick

Detail, Santi di Tito, Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, ca. 1550.

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I had been aware for some time of the phrase “the engineer’s fallacy,” but unaware of its provenance and exact definition. I struck lucky on the ‘net, because this gentleman claims to have invented the phrase, and this short piece repays inspection.

Mr. Kelly’s definition of the Engineer’s Fallacy is pleasingly simple: Read more …

Published: March 3, 2021 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, constitutionalism, Dante Alighieri, Florence, Forms, Jacob Burckhardt, leftism, logic, Mark Gullick, modernity, Niccolò Machiavelli, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, republicanism, technology, the engineer's fallacy | 18 Responses

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All the Hitlers

Nicholas R. Jeelvy

Daniil Kharms

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All the, all the, all the trees
And all the, all the, all the stones
All of, all of nature — peef.

All the, all the, all the lads
And all the, all the, all the virgins
And all of, all of matrimony — puff.

All the, all the, all the Slavs
And all the, all the, all the Jews
And all the, all the Russias — poof. Read more …

Published: February 16, 2021 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged absurdism, articles, Daniil Kharms, Donald Trump, dreams, geopolitics, Joe Biden, liberal elite, Nicholas R. Jeelvy, North American New Right, originals, power, the elite, the Jewish question | 10 Responses

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Richard III: England’s Favorite Evil Uncle

Kathryn S.

Detail, John Everett Millais’ foreboding The Princes in the Tower, 1876.

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No author would be able to get away with writing such a story in a novel, it was so fantastic. Providence and Destiny are real. In 2012, a group of amateur enthusiasts and archaeologists traveled to Leicestershire (located in the heart of England), site of the 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field. They were on a quixotic mission: to find the remains of Richard III, England’s most controversial king, in the vast area surrounding the old Grey Friars Church — and on a shoestring budget. Read more …