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Kathy Shaidle's blog. Est. 2000

The Intellectual Dark Web: Guide to “the freethinkers leading the charge”

February 26, 2018 By Kathy Shaidle

Douglas Murray writes: On the internet, the situation is completely different. Internet-based programmes like the LA-located Dave Rubin’s show demonstrate an entirely different model. There … [Read more...]

Jim Goad: “The Problem With White Guys These Days”

February 26, 2018 By Kathy Shaidle

Jim Goad writes: “What’s it going to take for white men to start talking about race?” Madison asks. Is he serious? I can’t stop talking about it. I could talk about it … [Read more...]

“JFK” (1991) and the soft bigotry of NOLA expectations?

February 25, 2018 By Kathy Shaidle

Utterly random: Did a lot of viewers buy the (utterly discredited, even by "buffdom") "Garrison" theory promoted by Oliver Stone's JFK … [Read more...]

Christopher DeGroot: America Needs a Civil War

February 23, 2018 By Kathy Shaidle

Christopher DeGroot writes: Never in even his most misanthropic reflections on the degenerate character of the modern world did Nietzsche imagine a man as contemptible as … [Read more...]

“In Praise of Negative Book Reviews”

February 22, 2018 By Kathy Shaidle

Hey, thanks for coming out! I wrote book reviews for years but that was a long time ago. In the first place, they have a bad return on investment: The time spent reading the book and then writing the review is in reverse proportion to how much they pay. But also, I didn't write positive … [Read more...]

Joe Bob Briggs: “Making My Peace With Billy Graham”

February 22, 2018 By Kathy Shaidle

Joe Bob Briggs knows his evangelical preachers, having written for [Read more...]

“In the early 1980s when I was a schoolboy, my father worked for Oxfam”

February 22, 2018 By Kathy Shaidle

"Oxfam’s troubles began when it became politically correct": The focus was on development. Like my dad, most were sandal-clad volunteers who worked for the … [Read more...]

“As institutional morality has advanced, personal morality has retreated”

February 21, 2018 By Kathy Shaidle

Toby Guise writes: After all, who needs to work for grace when it’s already crowding the shelves of the consumer economy? Who needs to sacrifice their time and their … [Read more...]

“Black Panther’s blatant conservatism” shows that “this decade’s cultural energies are flowing toward the right”

February 21, 2018 By Kathy Shaidle

Steve Sailer writes: Since its first self-produced film, 2008’s Iron Man with Robert Downey Jr., Marvel has tilted subtly to the right. For example, Iron Man 2 in 2010 was the … [Read more...]

David Cole: “Feminists and trannies are like Stalin and Hitler”

February 20, 2018 By Kathy Shaidle

David Cole writes: So why is there such strong anti-trans sentiment in leftist socialist “let’s arrest children for hate speech” U.K.? Well, my guess is, the more far-left the nation, the … [Read more...]

Jim Goad: How to Exploit a High School Shooting

February 19, 2018 By Kathy Shaidle

Jim Goad writes: The ADL certainly didn’t offer any updates about the fact that Cruz claims his mother was Jewish, which would make him one of those White Supremacist … [Read more...]

I always hated “I Love Lucy.” Now I have another reason.

February 15, 2018 By Kathy Shaidle

Yes, Lucille Ball was a gifted female show-biz entrepreneur, although she was preceded by Gertrude Berg, who receives only one-one-millionth of the credit for doing the same sort of thing years … [Read more...]

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