Category Archives: politics

Canada Day

Posted on 2 July 2021 by zolltan

Yesterday was Canada Day, and I was reading David Frum’s column in the Atlantic arguing for preserving the legacy of John A. MacDonald. Frum’s point was that “things are forms” and being a symbol of Canada, cancelling Sir John A. … Continue reading →

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Cancel Culture, uhh, what is it bad for?

Posted on 1 October 2020 by zolltan

There’s a pretty obvious truth that I have to keep reminding myself of continuously, because it’s important to keep in mind for any analysis of how the world works, and so easy (and so pleasant) to forget. This is the … Continue reading →

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Middlebrow Continental Philosophy

Posted on 3 September 2020 by zolltan

Lately, reading the news on the internet has been an unpleasant experience, and not just because of what it says. It’s also because of how it says it. For example, in the wake of deaths at protests in Kenosha, I … Continue reading →

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Rant

Posted on 28 March 2020 by zolltan

Edit/Update: Although I still think the general thrust of the rant is correct, I am not sure that masks are a good example of the situation. As youzicha points out in the comments, the advice given by the public health … Continue reading →

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What “the personal is political” means for privileged groups

Posted on 7 May 2019 by zolltan

This is going to be a post about identity politics, and what it means to identify with a privileged group. Since it wades into the morass of present day politics, it’s not likely to brighten your day. So I will … Continue reading →

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The Democratic Candidates

Posted on 25 April 2019 by zolltan

Seeing how well my playoff predictions went, maybe my predictions shouldn’t be listened to by anyone. So I’m not going to try to predict who will win the Democratic nomination for 2020. Instead, I want to give something that’s not … Continue reading →

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Who Killed the Dinosaurs?

Posted on 28 March 2019 by zolltan

I’ve been told that my college draft post was “too verbose for a joke”, and here we lean into that criticism. As Lenin knew, “What is to be done?” and “Who is to blame?” are the eternal questions which we … Continue reading →

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Scandal for School

Posted on 19 March 2019 by zolltan

America’s belief in the greatness and goodness of its elite has been shaken to the core by the college admissions scandal. The scandal involves the nouveau riche set of actors and businessmen bribing their children’s way into elite colleges by … Continue reading →

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The Profit Motive

Posted on 20 January 2019 by zolltan

From this twitter thread of highlights from the state’s filing (PDF) in Massachusetts v. Purdue Purdue launched OxyContin in 1996. It became one of the deadliest drugs of all time. The FDA scientist who evaluated OxyContin wrote in his original review: … Continue reading →

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Follow the blog for more soft quietism

Posted on 8 November 2018 by zolltan

Here’s two statuses I saw shared by friends on facebook recently: “Every piece of career advice for women is either gaslighting or victim-blaming.” and “I often get asked how to get more women interested in STEM. Step one: smash the … Continue reading →

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