Monthly Archives: July 2015

One way of illustrating how insane the Republican Party has become over the past decade is to compare it to the right-wing ‘extremists’ of a generation ago — to Barry Goldwater, say, whose 1964 defeat is regarded, still, as a … Continue reading →

Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed HithertoV: Concerning the Slander of the so-called Evil Qualities §367   My kind of “pity” — This is a feeling for which I can find no adequate term: I … Continue reading →

Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed HithertoV: Concerning the Slander of the so-called Evil Qualities §366   To think that the history of all moral phenomena may be simplified, as Schopenhauer thought — that is … Continue reading →

Road tripping with Grand Dragon of KKK to S. Carolina. I learned 2 things: Jesus was not a Jew & hoods and robes have a 400 thread count — Charlie LeDuff (@Charlieleduff) July 18, 2015 Religion and racism go together, … Continue reading →

Think what you like of Hunter Thompson’s politics, he was — with the possible exceptions of H.L. Mencken or Gore Vidal — America’s best essayist. And the opening line of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is, going away, the … Continue reading →