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Category Archives: Society
A Most Interesting Man
Simon Leys: Navigator between Worlds by Philippe Paquet (translated by Julie Rose), La Trobe University Press, September 18th, 2017 The name of Simon Leys has appeared a couple of times on this blog. The first quoting portions of his fascinating … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Book Reviews, Literature, Society
Tagged China, John Derbyshire, Navigator Between Worlds, Simon Leys
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The New Age of Discovery
I don’t like Star Trek but I know enough about it to remember the tagline, “Space: The Final Frontier.” These words began each episode of the original series (as far as I know) and at the optimistic time the series was … Continue reading
Fantastic Phil’s Time Adventure
Groundhog Day had its theatrical release in the United States thirty years ago as I write. It stars Bill Murray, Andy MacDowell and was directed by Harold Ramis. It was the last time Ramis and Murray worked together on a … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Religion, Society
Tagged Bill Murray, Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis
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Entering at the Margins of Classic Chinese Literature
The Water Margin (Shuihu Zhuan) is one of what are known as the ‘Four Great Novels of China’ and was originally written by Shi Naian during the Ming Dynasty and published in 1368 AD. Though there is scholarly dispute on … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Chinese, Shi Naian, The Water Margin
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A Picture of Petty Tyranny
Office Space is a 1999 film directed by Mike Judge and loosely based on his Milton animated shorts. I previously reviewed Idiocracy and intended to come back and cover this at some stage which I am now doing. Though I … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Society
Tagged Mike Judge, Milton, Office Space
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A Short Guide to Modern Love
I unfortunately need to state that I do not approve of any of what follows and though I’ve endeavored to write with a neutral tone — it is somewhat (and probably inevitably) acerbic. This is also related to something I … Continue reading
A Brief Analysis of the Analects
The Analects of Confucius translated by Simon Leys Norton, April 2nd, 1997 Something definitely missing from my endless list of reading material is Chinese literature. This is something I’ve somewhat remedied recently by reading The Analects of Confucius but I … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Society
Tagged Asia, China, Chinese, Confucius, Simon Leys, The Analects of Confucius
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The Source but never the Solution
It is no great secret that a certain types of personalities tends to gravitate towards power and influence. Whether it is status, wealth or outright malevolence, these people will go where the power is. Today, we know where the power … Continue reading
A Jesuit on Japan
An infrequent topic on this blog has been Japan and the Japanese who for a variety of reasons remain fascinating to me. The main being that I am married to a Japanese woman with whom I have children and I … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Japanese
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Standing Athwart History, Yelling “Cuck!”
Going back to when I first started this blog, I was writing about my distaste for conservatism and my support of Donald Trump. If I had critics, they would probably take joy in pointing out that I’ve been rather silent … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Ramblings, Society
Tagged Cuck, Cuckservative, Donald Trump, MAGA, National Review, Trump
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