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Reading the Great Books will never be cool
Because it'll always involve trying too hard
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Liberalism and movement conservatism are both essentially conservative forces right now
Thoughts after reading Leo Strauss's Natural Right and History
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On the strong temptation to use demagoguery to get ahead in literature
My two major regrets as a writer
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The Liberating Arts aren't really for everyone
In my quest to give you top-of-the-line GB-related content, I just read The Liberating Arts: Why We Need Liberal Arts Education. It was a’ight. But it…
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Notes, Sept 4
Also, not even race scientists believe in their own BS
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What do I mean by "eliminationism"
You don't say, out loud, "we want to eliminate these people". You just pursue policies that are predicated on our elimination
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"Monsters" pose no conflict for me
Comparing and contrasting Dave Chappelle and JK Rowling's work
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You don't read the Great Books to "learn how to think"
You read them to develop your sense of taste
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A writer only has one ethical responsibility
To do no harm to literature itself
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Literary Gossip, August 2023
Merve, Riley, Stephen Elliott, MFA Discourse, and Covid at Breadloaf.
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