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SPOTLIGHT: Solaris – Stanislaw Lem (1961; 1970, Faber & Faber) & Andrei Tarkovsky (1972, Mosfilm)

April 28, 2025 Merri
Artificial Society
ClassicCommentary

Artificial Society II

March 28, 2025 Merri
Labatut Neumann Maniac
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REVIEW: The MANIAC – Benjamin Labatut (Penguin, 2023)

February 22, 2025 Merri
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Art, Tolkien, and Consumer Media Part III: Art as Sub-Creation and Communication

January 21, 2025 Merri
Artificial Society
ClassicCommentary

Artificial Society II

March 28, 2025 Merri
Tolkien art literature
BooksClassicCommentary

Art, Tolkien, and Consumer Media Part III: Art as Sub-Creation and Communication

January 21, 2025 Merri
AI NPC machine learning
ClassicCommentary

Artificial Society

December 16, 2023 Merri
COVID conspiracy theory
ClassicCommentary

The Inverted Conspiracy Theory

August 7, 2021 Merri
Old Stuff
August 17, 2018 Merri

#Skyking

Last weekend, a lone twin-engine Bombardier Q400 got taxied out onto a runway of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and from

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Old Stuff
August 3, 2018 Merri

Rules for Conservatism: Never Get Rid of a Perfectly Usable Fridge

The conservative movement in the United States, if it can still be called that, is in a lot of trouble. 

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Old Stuff
July 24, 2018 Merri

Against the Dog Mom Menace

Stop calling your pets your children.  Stop.  Don’t call yourself a “dog mom.”  Don’t introduce your Labrador as your daughter’s

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Old Stuff
July 13, 2018 Merri

There’s A New Justice Headed to Town

With the recent nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the left has predictably lost its mind.  Justice Anthony

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Old Stuff
July 6, 2018 Merri

How to Hijack Conservatism 101

At one time, the term “neocon” referred to a specific group of presumably-reformed Trotskyites who had migrated away from the

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Old Stuff
June 29, 2018 Merri

The Cosmological Proof: A Quick Rundown

While writing the review for Ed Feser’s Five Proofs of the Existence of God, I decided to cut out a

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Old StuffReviews
June 22, 2018 Merri

REVIEW: Five Proofs of the Existence of God – Edward Feser (Ignatius Press, 2017)

2017 was a busy year for Edward Feser, having two hot publications drop within six months of each other.  One

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Old Stuff
June 15, 2018 Merri

Don’t Stare. Don’t Blink.

Imagine having a company policy about how long you’re allowed to look at someone.  Just think about that.  Maybe you

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BooksOld StuffReviews
June 8, 2018 Merri

REVIEW: On Grand Strategy – John Lewis Gaddis (Penguin Press, 2018)

Books on strategy comprise a gargantuan field of popular reading.  The stuff of ancient conquests and military theory can certainly

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BooksOld StuffReviews
June 1, 2018 Merri

The Incongruence of Jordan Peterson

Over the past few weeks, information on the acclaimed Jordan Peterson has come to light, and most of that information

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