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McCarthy's Muse?

News that Cormac McCarthy began an affair with a 16-year-old when he was in his forties is not at all surprising.

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Jake Paul's Fight Against the Human Soul

One could take the Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson fight too seriously.

Nov 16 •

Why Do Leftists Think That Their Opponents Must Be Dumb?

I’ve noticed a trend among left-wing commentators towards assuming that their political opponents are not just wrong, and are not even just bad people…

Nov 15 •

Playing the Drums

Happy Polish Independence Day!

Nov 11 •

Twenty Years of “Submission”

About twenty years ago, on November 2nd 2004, Theo van Gogh, the iconoclastic Dutch film director, was murdered in Amsterdam.

Nov 8 •

On Knowing That You Will Be Forgotten

I woke up on All Saint’s Day with a hangover.

Nov 5 •

What Become of Flyora?

One of the most haunting images in cinema is the stunned face of Flyora, a young Belarusian boy, in the 1985 Soviet anti-war film Come and See. The…

Nov 3 •

Hello, Obligatory shilling.

Oct 31 •

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