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October Diary
Hello, Happy Halloween!
13 hrs ago
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Ben Sixsmith
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Against the Politics of Trolling
I pity the poor 65-year-old American Conservative who, in the aftermath of Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Nick Fuentes, is trying to figure out…
13 hrs ago
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Ben Sixsmith
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Musings on the Motherland
It was lovely to enjoy a long weekend in Britain.
Oct 27
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Ben Sixsmith
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Gooning and Dooming
Daniel Kolitz’s Harper’s essay on “gooning” is gruesomely fascinating.
Oct 27
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Ben Sixsmith
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On Getting Engaged
If the woman who came to kick us out of a reserved room had walked in ten seconds earlier she would have found me on my knee, mid-question.
Oct 20
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Ben Sixsmith
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JA Baker’s Passionate Mobility
It is odd that JA Baker’s book The Peregrine is among the best-known books about birdwatching, because by all accounts Baker was no expert on…
Oct 17
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Ben Sixsmith
Mike White's Pessimistic Humanism
Wherever you go, there you are.
Oct 13
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Ben Sixsmith
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The Problem With Prison Justice
This weekend, Ian Watkins, the former vocalist for the Welsh rock band Lostprophets and an exceptionally depraved child abuser, was stabbed to death in…
Oct 13
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Ben Sixsmith
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Cultural Murder in the Cathedral
Listen, I’m not a Christian and I should be careful before telling Christians what to do with their own churches.
Oct 11
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Ben Sixsmith
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Thoughts On Hatred
“Is your hatred pure?”
Oct 7
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Ben Sixsmith
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Sheer EDIocy
Dr.
Oct 4
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Ben Sixsmith
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How I Gave Up My Smartphone
My name is Ben, and I’m an addict — a smartphone addict.
Oct 3
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Ben Sixsmith
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