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*1[http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2012/10/whose-nature-which-law.html  "Whose Nature? Which Law?"] Edward Feser blog (OCTOBER 12, 2012). What "natural law" means.
 
*1[http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2012/10/whose-nature-which-law.html  "Whose Nature? Which Law?"] Edward Feser blog (OCTOBER 12, 2012). What "natural law" means.
  
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*2 [https://www.commentary.org/articles/joseph-epstein/remembering-edward-shils/ "Remembering Edward Shils,"] Commentary, Joseph Epstein. Absolutely first rate.  
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*2 [https://www.commentary.org/articles/joseph-epstein/remembering-edward-shils/ "Remembering Edward Shils,"] Commentary, Joseph Epstein. Absolutely first rate. It conveys the feel of intellectual friendship at the University of Chicago 1970-90.
  
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*3[https://www.takimag.com/article/are-we-what-we-watch/ "We Are What We Watch,"], Steve Sailer.  
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*3 [https://www.takimag.com/article/are-we-what-we-watch/ "We Are What We Watch,"], Steve Sailer. Who likes which movies? A numerical analysis.  
  
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*4[https://www.firstthings.com/article/2000/10/grim-tales "Grim Tales,"] Kari Gold, ''First Things'' (2000).  
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*4[https://www.firstthings.com/article/2000/10/grim-tales "Grim Tales,"] Kari Gold, ''First Things'' (2000). The modern  child's loss of fairy tales, and what replaces them. 
  
 
*5[https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/my-left-kidney "My Left Kidney,"] Astral Codex Ten (2023). On donating a kidney to a stranger. Should we all do it? A very challenging article that reveals my selfishness.   
 
*5[https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/my-left-kidney "My Left Kidney,"] Astral Codex Ten (2023). On donating a kidney to a stranger. Should we all do it? A very challenging article that reveals my selfishness.   
  
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*6 [https://rufo.substack.com/p/the-great-feminization-of-the-american?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email "The Great Feminization of the American University:A response to Heather Mac Donald’s provocative new essay on the “mass nervous breakdown on campus,”]  Christopher F. Rufo
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*6 [https://rufo.substack.com/p/the-great-feminization-of-the-american?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email "The Great Feminization of the American University: A response to Heather Mac Donald’s provocative new essay on the “mass nervous breakdown on campus,”]  Christopher F. Rufo.
 
   
 
   
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*7[https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/the-repaganisation-of-the-west?utm_campaign=email-post&r=fjeib&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email  "The Repaganisation of the West The return of Greco-Roman values,"] Ed West, The Wrong Side of History substack (October 20, 2023).
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*7[https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/the-repaganisation-of-the-west?utm_campaign=email-post&r=fjeib&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email  "The Repaganisation of the West The return of Greco-Roman values,"] Ed West, The Wrong Side of History substack (October 20, 2023).  
  
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*8[https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/the-problem-of-west-bank-settlements?r=dgrr3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email "The Problem of West Bank Settlements,"] Tomas Pueyo Substack (2023). Very good maps and facts, though I disagree with his views.   
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*8 [https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/the-problem-of-west-bank-settlements?r=dgrr3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email "The Problem of West Bank Settlements,"] Tomas Pueyo Substack (2023). Very good maps and facts, even though I disagree with his views.   
  
  
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*9 [https://kaijaeger.substack.com/p/why-i-gave-up-my-professorship "Why-i-gave-up-my-professorship,"] Kai Jaeger, ''Substack'' (2023).  
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*9 [https://kaijaeger.substack.com/p/why-i-gave-up-my-professorship "Why-i-gave-up-my-professorship,"] Kai Jaeger, ''Substack'' (2023). Universities are not scholarly places. 
  
 
   
 
   
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*10[https://www.thepsmiths.com/p/review-demons-by-fyodor-dostoevsky?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email "REVIEW: Demons, by Fyodor Dostoevsky,"] JOHN PSMITH ''Substack'' (JUL 17, 2023).  
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*10 [https://www.thepsmiths.com/p/review-demons-by-fyodor-dostoevsky?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email "REVIEW: Demons, by Fyodor Dostoevsky,"] JOHN PSMITH ''Substack'' (JUL 17, 2023). This will make you want to read it, and shows how relevant Russia's mental confusion in the 1880's is to us today.  
 
   
 
   
  
 
*11[https://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm "Scott and Scurvy,"]  ''Idleworlds.com'' blog (3.06.2010). "But here was a Royal Navy surgeon in 1911 apparently ignorant of what caused the disease, or how to cure it. Somehow a highly-trained group of scientists at the start of the 20th century knew less about scurvy than the average sea captain in Napoleonic times. Scott left a base abundantly stocked with fresh meat, fruits, apples, and lime juice, and headed out on the ice for five months with no protection against scurvy, all the while confident he was not at risk. What happened?"
 
*11[https://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm "Scott and Scurvy,"]  ''Idleworlds.com'' blog (3.06.2010). "But here was a Royal Navy surgeon in 1911 apparently ignorant of what caused the disease, or how to cure it. Somehow a highly-trained group of scientists at the start of the 20th century knew less about scurvy than the average sea captain in Napoleonic times. Scott left a base abundantly stocked with fresh meat, fruits, apples, and lime juice, and headed out on the ice for five months with no protection against scurvy, all the while confident he was not at risk. What happened?"
 
   
 
   
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*12[https://americanreformer.org/2023/04/the-impossible-bronze-age-mindset/#fn-6655-1 "The Impossible Bronze Age Mindset,"] John Ehrett, American Reformer (2023).
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*12[https://americanreformer.org/2023/04/the-impossible-bronze-age-mindset/#fn-6655-1 "The Impossible Bronze Age Mindset,"] John Ehrett, American Reformer (2023).  Another kind of Nietzschism, the sort-of conservative kind, dissected.  
 
   
 
   
  
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*[https://bigserge.substack.com/p/soviet-operational-art-troubled-beginnings Soviet  army ], ''Big Serge Substack'' (2023).
 
*[https://bigserge.substack.com/p/soviet-operational-art-troubled-beginnings Soviet  army ], ''Big Serge Substack'' (2023).
  
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*6[https://www.city-journal.org/article/harvards-double-standard-on-free-speech "Harvard’s Double Standard on Free Speech,"] John Tierney, ''City Journal'' (2023).
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*[https://www.city-journal.org/article/harvards-double-standard-on-free-speech "Harvard’s Double Standard on Free Speech,"] John Tierney, ''City Journal'' (2023).
  
 
* [https://thelampmagazine.com/blog/thinner-on-paper "Thinner on Paper,"] Peter Hitchens on being fat and on the old newspaper business in London (2022).  
 
* [https://thelampmagazine.com/blog/thinner-on-paper "Thinner on Paper,"] Peter Hitchens on being fat and on the old newspaper business in London (2022).  
  
 
   
 
   
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*11[https://nypost.com/2023/02/27/10-myths-told-by-covid-experts-now-debunked/ "10-myths-told-by-covid-experts-now-debunked/"] ''NY Post'' (2023).
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*[https://nypost.com/2023/02/27/10-myths-told-by-covid-experts-now-debunked/ "10-myths-told-by-covid-experts-now-debunked/"] ''NY Post'' (2023).

Revision as of 09:49, 9 December 2023

(See also Best Articles 2021 and Candidates for Best Dozen Articles I've Read in 2022 and Best Things of 2022 and Best Things of 2023)

This will contain candidates for good articles.

  • 2 "Remembering Edward Shils," Commentary, Joseph Epstein. Absolutely first rate. It conveys the feel of intellectual friendship at the University of Chicago 1970-90.
  • 4"Grim Tales," Kari Gold, First Things (2000). The modern child's loss of fairy tales, and what replaces them.
  • 5"My Left Kidney," Astral Codex Ten (2023). On donating a kidney to a stranger. Should we all do it? A very challenging article that reveals my selfishness.




  • 11"Scott and Scurvy," Idleworlds.com blog (3.06.2010). "But here was a Royal Navy surgeon in 1911 apparently ignorant of what caused the disease, or how to cure it. Somehow a highly-trained group of scientists at the start of the 20th century knew less about scurvy than the average sea captain in Napoleonic times. Scott left a base abundantly stocked with fresh meat, fruits, apples, and lime juice, and headed out on the ice for five months with no protection against scurvy, all the while confident he was not at risk. What happened?"



ALSO RAN:

  • "How George Floyd Actually Died," The American Spectator (2023). This article say fentanyl had nothing to do with it, and suggests heart failure due to adrenal problems.










  • "Thinner on Paper," Peter Hitchens on being fat and on the old newspaper business in London (2022).


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