There is a meme of the “ordeal of civility“, that European Jewry was ripped into modernity in a particularly jarring fashion. In this telling, Eastern European shtetlbillies especially, but even the Western Jewish religious authorities who excommunicated Spinoza, awoke one morning to discover that their dark-age neighbors had undertaken a Renaissance and Enlightenment, a thriving…
Month: July 2023
Winners, Losers and Links
Winners Hunter Biden – Nice sweetheart deal experiences a hiccup, but no worries. Construction Workers – There is an industrial construction boom and America has a near decade deficit in housing to catch up on. The French Government – People worried about a collapse a month ago. What happened? Nothing. Macron stands tall. Losers DeSantis…
Higher Rates, More Centralization
Tired of being an employee and want to make more money? Start your own business! Advice like that spreads. Starting a new business is a challenge, requiring entrepreneurs to surmount numerous obstacles. One of the most significant factors that can complicate such an endeavor is operating in a rising interest rate environment. Borrowing costs increase,…
Making The Bomb
Submitted by movieanon The film industry is in such disarray that Tom Cruise himself comes onscreen to thank you for seeing his new big budget film in the theater. Writers are on strike. Actors are on strike to help them. Will AI replace both? Would anyone notice? Coming in to save the industry (for at…
Winners, Losers and Links
Winners Trump Lawyers – Lot of work to keep the billable hours up. Movie Marketers – The Robbie Mid discourse provides free marketing for the Barbie film. Now it’s an act of solidarity for women to see it. Green Energy firms – Scotland cut down millions of trees to install wind farms. This was a…
DEI Lens Taints All
Submitted by anonwonk Urban renewal projects have long been regarded as essential drivers of economic growth and social development in cities. Do they work? Ask St. Louis. We still try them. In the 2020s, these projects face a significant challenge. City governments, driven by a growing concern for racial equity, will hinder the implementation of…
Winners, Losers and Links
Winners Consumers – Little patch of disinflation letting people catch their breath. Unvaxxed – Supposedly, big firms that enacted vax mandates have relaxed them. We are told Disney/ABC is one of them. Pence/Scott – If Trump becomes ineligible to run, recent news shows donors souring on DeSantis. A Pence/Scott ticket is the primo principled loser…
DeSantoids, Is It Over?
I hate to write another DeSantis post and annoy the readership, but it’s over, right? I’ve written on him not running in ‘24 and just waiting. I tried envisioning a path for him to win. It is a month later and numbers look worse for him. I like him as an effective governor so this…
Cycles in Masculinity
A common complaint on this side of the Internet is that our society is anti-male. Longhouse has entered the broader memeplex with hysterical reactions by the fish that do not know they swim in water. It is undeniable that our regulatory system favors women, but the issue is deeper. Lomez detailed this well with an…
Winners, Losers and Links
Winners Russia’s Defenses – Ukraine counteroffensive not making big gains. Advocates for F-16s to Ukraine – If only the Ukrainians had air support, it would have worked. Crypto – The growing grey market pushed the Venmo/PayPal transaction rules. The grey market will adapt. Losers The Donbas – The war isn’t ending soon even if some…
The American Sun 