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*[ https://www.takimag.com/article/putins-best-laid-plans/ /putins-best-laid-plans] by Steve Aailer (2022).
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*[https://twitter.com/AOHSUsometimesY/status/1454195267364958220 Do you know what your eight great-grandparents did for a living? Does anyone?] Twitter.
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*[https://worksthatwork.com/3/kongo-gumi "Building on Tradition — 1,400 Years of a Family Business"] by Irene Herrera "Before its liquidation, Kongō Gumi was the oldest continuously operating company in the world. Founded in Japan a mere century after the fall of the Roman Empire, it survived extreme changes in Japan’s culture, government and economy, preserving traditional construction techniques and family values for over 1,400 years."
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*[https://edition.thrillist.com/s/overrated-underrated-beef-36319cc36dbe4753 "The Most Overrated and Underrated Cuts of Beef, According to Chefs,"] Dan Gentile (November 9, 2021).
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*[[Mark Steyn Articles]]
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*[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/coronavirus-airborne-transmission.html?s=03  "Why Did It Take So Long to Accept the Facts About Covid?"] ''NY Times,'' May 7, 2021.
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*[https://www.chess.com/blog/Spektrowski/the-conspiracies-of-valery-salov-part-2 Valery Salov], one of the world's best chess players, thinks Hitler was part of a conspiracy to set up the nation of Israel,  that Jewish identity is a myth, and that the Kabbalah  explains a lot. Bobby Fischer too.
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==Economics==
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*[http://sims.princeton.edu/yftp/AngristPischkeJEP/AngristPischkeComment.pdf "COMMENT ON ANGRIST AND PISCHKE,"] CHRISTOPHER A. SIMS (2010). On econometrics, with special attention to macro and instrumental variables.
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*[https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3906201  "Discharging the Discharge for Value Defense,"] Eric Talley on Revlon Clauses in bank documents (2021).
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*[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/business/scholastic-iole-lucchese-succession-battle.html?mc=aud_dev&ad-keywords=auddevgate&subid1=TAFI&ad_id=B4ZRZ16I0DU6&adgroup_id=krkmk&campaign_id=gm8gj&twclid=11466436699664306188 "Inside the Real-Life Succession Battle at Scholastic: The powerhouse children’s publisher, known for Harry Potter, had been passed from father to son until Iole Lucchese, a top executive, was given control."] NYTimes (2021).
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==The Left==
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*[https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1393914129547612160 "Tensions Rise In Middle East As One Side Wants To Kill Jews And The Other Side Are Jews Who Don't Want To Die And Neither Will Compromise"]
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*[https://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2021/12/in-memory-of-my-late-brother-christopher-who-died-ten-years-ago-.html Peter Hitchens' memorial article on his brother, Christopher].
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*[https://babylonbee.com/news/people-have-been-thinking-all-white-men-are-terrible-but-it-turns-out-its-just-steve Horrible Steve], Babylon Bee (2021).
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*[https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-media-lied-repeatedly-about-officer "The Media Lied Repeatedly About Officer Brian Sicknick's Death. And They Just Got Caught,."]  Greenwald, on  the ''New York Times'' bald lies about Officer Sicknick's death at the US Capitol (2021).
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*[https://www.wsj.com/articles/dr-seuss-meet-the-sanitized-sleuths-known-as-the-hardy-boys-11615590355?reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter  "Dr. Seuss, Meet the Sanitized Sleuths Known as the Hardy Boys
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The detective novels got a rewrite in 1959. Was it a needed scrubbing or a sign of cancel culture?,"] WSJ.
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*[https://lawliberty.org/forum/we-will-burn-and-loot-and-destroy-the-weather-underground-and-its-legacy/ “We Will Burn and Loot and Destroy”: The Weather Underground and Its Legacy,]
 
*[https://lawliberty.org/forum/we-will-burn-and-loot-and-destroy-the-weather-underground-and-its-legacy/ “We Will Burn and Loot and Destroy”: The Weather Underground and Its Legacy,]
jay nordlinger, Law and Liberty (2021).
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Jay Nordlinger, ''Law and Liberty'' (2021).
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*https://quillette.com/2021/03/12/the-threat-to-academic-freedom-from-anecdotes-to-data/
  
 
*[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/private-schools-are-indefensible/618078/ "Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene:
 
*[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/private-schools-are-indefensible/618078/ "Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene:
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*[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/what-college-admissions-scandal-reveals/586468/ "They Had It Coming: The parents indicted in the college-admissions scandal were responding to a changing America, with rage at being robbed of what they believed was rightfully theirs."], Caitlin Flanagan, ''The Atlantic''  (2019).
 
*[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/what-college-admissions-scandal-reveals/586468/ "They Had It Coming: The parents indicted in the college-admissions scandal were responding to a changing America, with rage at being robbed of what they believed was rightfully theirs."], Caitlin Flanagan, ''The Atlantic''  (2019).
  
*[https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/personality-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20354463 Personality disorders], Mayo Clinic description of the three clusters, euphemistically called A, B, and C. Are they psychotics, sociopaths, and neurotics?
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==The Right==
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*[https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/03/03/reactionary-philosophy-in-an-enormous-planet-sized-nutshell/  Reactionary Philosophy In An Enormous, Planet-Sized Nutshell"] Scott Alexander (2013).
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*[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/activist-milo-yiannopoulos-is-now-ex-gay-consecrating-his-life-to-st-joseph "Activist Milo Yiannopoulos is now ‘Ex-Gay,’ consecrating his life to St. JosephActivist Milo Yiannopoulos is now ‘Ex-Gay,’ consecrating his life to St. Joseph,"] (2021),
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*[https://cspicenter.org/blog/waronscience/will-zemmour-bring-a-right-wing-revolution-in-france/  "will-zemmour-bring-a-right-wing-revolution-in-france/"] (2021)
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==Miscellaneous==
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*[https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/personality-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20354463 Personality disorders]," Mayo Clinic description of the three clusters, euphemistically called A, B, and C. Are they psychotics, sociopaths, and neurotics?
  
*[https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/03/03/reactionary-philosophy-in-an-enormous-planet-sized-nutshell/  Reactionary Philosophy In An Enormous, Planet-Sized Nutshell"] Scott Alexander (2013).  
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*[https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/how-polyester-bounced-back/ Virginia Postrel on polyester] (2022)
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*[https://variety.com/lists/godzilla-movies-ranked/godzilla-vs-megalon-1973/?cx_testId=48&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=3#cxrecs_s "All the Godzilla Movies Ranked,"] ''Variety,''  Matthew Cherno (2021).
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*[https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-the-new-sultan?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNTgzNTMyMiwicG9zdF9pZCI6MzM4ODk4NzksIl8iOiJCMEpCZiIsImlhdCI6MTYxNzY2MTIyNiwiZXhwIjoxNjE3NjY0ODI2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItODkxMjAiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.zreo3nLvdp-RAW2M6N8clsJL0jyru0GA7yew_HX_bnk "Book Review: The New Sultan| Summary and commentary on Soner Cagaptay's "The New Sultan: Erdogan And The Crisis Of Modern Turkey,"] ''Astral Codex Ten'' (2021).
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*[https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-on-the-natural-faculties?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNTgzNTMyMiwicG9zdF9pZCI6MzQ5MjY3NjcsIl8iOiJCMEpCZiIsImlhdCI6MTYxODM1MjU3MiwiZXhwIjoxNjE4MzU2MTcyLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItODkxMjAiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.f8FUl_PJpxOjqLOlI0hhc_DFZKLEVO-7OyLUH4IVlIo "Your Book Review: On The Natural Faculties,"] on Galen. Very good, pleasant reading.  
  
*[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/activist-milo-yiannopoulos-is-now-ex-gay-consecrating-his-life-to-st-joseph "Activist Milo Yiannopoulos is now ‘Ex-Gay,’ consecrating his life to St. JosephActivist Milo Yiannopoulos is now ‘Ex-Gay,’ consecrating his life to St. Joseph,"] (2021),
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*[http://www.gwlr.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/79-6-Breyer.pdf "The Uneasy Case for Copyright: A Look Back Across Four Decades,"]  Stephen G. Breyer.
  
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*[https://everywhereist.com/2021/12/bros-restaurant-lecce-we-eat-at-the-worst-michelin-starred-restaurant-ever/ Bros in Lecce review], a very bad tasting menu.
  
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Revision as of 18:36, 22 April 2022

Introduction

  • "Building on Tradition — 1,400 Years of a Family Business" by Irene Herrera "Before its liquidation, Kongō Gumi was the oldest continuously operating company in the world. Founded in Japan a mere century after the fall of the Roman Empire, it survived extreme changes in Japan’s culture, government and economy, preserving traditional construction techniques and family values for over 1,400 years."
  • Valery Salov, one of the world's best chess players, thinks Hitler was part of a conspiracy to set up the nation of Israel, that Jewish identity is a myth, and that the Kabbalah explains a lot. Bobby Fischer too.



Economics


The Left

The detective novels got a rewrite in 1959. Was it a needed scrubbing or a sign of cancel culture?,"] WSJ.

Jay Nordlinger, Law and Liberty (2021).

Elite schools breed entitlement, entrench inequality—and then pretend to be engines of social change."] Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic (2021).

The Right


Miscellaneous

  • Personality disorders," Mayo Clinic description of the three clusters, euphemistically called A, B, and C. Are they psychotics, sociopaths, and neurotics?