The Very Best of Last Week in Reaction (2016/07/24)

“F. T. P.”

The RNC and the failed Turkish coup featured prominently along with Lana Turner in last week’s TWiR, which is up over at Social Matter. The most noteworthy articles were as follows…

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Honorable Mentions:

Mark Citadel: Big Sister & Weaponized Nerds. Takes stock of the editorial milieu surrounding the new Grrrl Power Ghostbusters reissue and what doubling down on dull political correctness signals for the current regime.

James A. Donald: Western Civilization. An expansive overview of the great cultural and moral victories of Western Civ and how it all came unwound as a result of The (inaptly named) Enlightenment.

James A. Donald: Patriarchy and fertility. Patriarchy causes fertility and marginal increases in male economic productivity. It is tantamount to civilization. Yet it is now illegal. Leading to the conclusion: “Where marriage and family are outlawed, only outlaws will have wives and children”.

Ryan Landry: The Frustration of Immigration. The frustration being: the left cannot state the real reasons they support it, and the right cannot state the real reasons they oppose it. But the real battle on immigration remains an internecine struggle between white (and (((white)))) castes.

William M. Briggs: Publishing & Equality Are Killing Science. The logical proof of it.

Roman Dmowski: Whither the Democratic Capitalist System? A bitter end to the End of History. As the neoliberal establishment squeezes the neck of the world tighter, its control wanes.

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… And the Winner Is:

August J. Rush: Anatomy of an Insurgency: A look at #BlackLivesMatter. An exquisitely researched and argued documentary case showing Black Lives Matter operates as a hostile insurgent force within the United States.