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Author Archives: David Hume
“Liberal Orientalism”
The “farewell apology post” the “Gay Girl in Damascus” stated: This experience has sadly only confirmed my feelings regarding the often superficial coverage of the Middle East and the pervasiveness of new forms of liberal Orientalism. “Orientalism” is a term … Continue reading
Questioning democralotry
It is an unquestioned truth of the age among “right thinking” people that democracy is the ultimate aim of government. Even authoritarian regimes cloak themselves in the language of democracy, for example the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Those regimes … Continue reading
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Tagged Benoist, Confucius, Democracy, New Right, political philosophy, The Lives of Confucius, The Problem of Democracy
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Nerds and the supernatural
So the rapture didn’t happen. Not a big deal. Here’s one thing that I think warrants attention: Harold Camping is a nerd. He has a degree in civil engineering from Berkeley. As the British would say, “he can do the … Continue reading
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The Arab spring revisited
I was always one skeptical of the “Arab spring.” My skepticism is modulated and qualified. I think Tunisia has the prospects of becoming a normal nation-state to a far greater extent than Libya, for example. But I was of the … Continue reading
The media joke of objectivity
This story is not written with serious intent, though its tone is serious. Make My Bed? But You Say the World’s Ending: The Haddad children of Middletown, Md., have a lot on their minds: school projects, SATs, weekend parties. And … Continue reading
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The media joke
Donald Trump says he won’t run in 2012: The publicity-loving New York developer and reality-TV star pulled the plug on his would-be 2012 presidential run Monday afternoon, saying he still believes he’d be best for the job but that he’s … Continue reading
What price social engineering?
Obama to Deliver Commencement at Memphis H.S.: The school edged out hundreds of applicants in the Race to the Top Commencement Competition, an annual contest aligned with the president’s education initiative that rewards schools for “promoting college and career readiness.” … Continue reading
Go Denmark!
Denmark Reintroduces Border Controls: Under pressure from a growing nationalist movement, the government in Denmark on Thursday reintroduced stringent checks on its borders with Germany and Sweden, dealing a major setback to one of the European Union’s most popular and … Continue reading
Too much of a good thing
There was a time when a modicum of corpulence was a signifier of a life relative leisure and comfort. Not so in our day and age. Rather, in the United States and many other nations corpulence is a signifier of … Continue reading
Which universities send traffic to Secular Right
Over at one of my other weblogs I looked at university traffic. So I wanted to check Secular Right. The blog’s been around for over 2 years now, and here are the universities which sent more than 500 visitors: