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Keith Preston

Your manager is burnt out

September 16, 2023 • 4 min read with Diamond Naga Siu Welcome to the weekend, friends! I’m hoping to play a bit of pickleball now that the weather is cooling down. If you’re interested in trying it out or are just starting, a professional player revealed what new […]

A Marx for All Seasons

In the Review’s September 21, 2023, issue, Ben Tarnoff reviews two recent books on the history of Silicon Valley, where “money begets money with an ease that would make Andrew Carnegie weep.” His essay ends with a reflection on the “neurotic character” of most of the region’s capitalists, who champion […]

Round-Table #88: 2024 US Election: Tomorrow at 2 pm Eastern.

I will be joined by Keith Preston and due to schedule and life changes Swithun Dobson and Terminal Philosophy will be replaced by Florian Ulrich and Aleksey. We will discuss predictions on the 2024 Election. My Contact Info: Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PoFPodcast Telegram: t.me/PraiseOfFolly_1511 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PraiseOfFoll… BuyMeACoffe: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PraiseOf… […]

Your knockoff’s hidden cost

September 15, 2023 • with Dan DeFrancesco Happy Friday! Sen. Mitt Romney smothering salmon in ketchup is bad, but I’d argue you shouldn’t cover anything in ketchup. Grow up and use a real condiment like mustard or barbecue sauce. In today’s big story, we’re looking at the booming […]

The China Convergence

Yes, the West is becoming more like China. Here is the real reason why. N.S. Lyons Aug 3, 2023 Well, actually… I do believe this is the longest thing I’ve ever written, but also the most important. Read with a stiff drink. – N.S. Lyons Differences and tensions […]

Making it up

Dear Reader, A few weeks ago, the corner of right-wing social media preoccupied with political philosophy was atwitter with discussion of the pseudonymous writer N.S. Lyons’s long new essay, “The China Convergence,” which examined the developments and similarities of the U.S. managerial regime and the Chinese party state. […]

Breakthrough or Break-In?

By William S. Lind, Traditional Right The papers are full of reports that the Ukrainians have broken through on their southern front, opening the way for an armored offensive on the operational level.  Such an offensive could seek either to destroy the Russian army by getting between it […]

Big banks are screwed

September 14, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Almost to the weekend! Changing phone chargers is already a massive headache, but now you have the bonus of electrocuting your new iPhone 15 if you use the wrong USB-C plugin. Speaking of shocks, Citigroup announced a massive […]

Life in Kyiv

Sponsored by Harvard University Press Our October 5 issue is online now, with Jennifer Wilson on Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s unsettlingly funny tales of domestic un-bliss, Tim Judah on the new normal in Ukraine, Daniel M. Lavery on Jacques Pépin, E. Tammy Kim on the 1941 Disney animators’ strike, Christopher Benfey on John […]

9/14/23: BP EXCLUSIVE Focus Group On Abortion, Social Security, Media Panics Over Biden Age, Pelosi Refuses To Endorse Kamala, Media Insists Bidenomics Going Great, Child Poverty Skyrockets, Mitt Romney Retires, Biden’s Fatherly Love Excuse On Hunter Corruption, Massive Auto Strike Begins Tonight, Mexico Alien Body Hoax, And Bill Maher Restarts Scab Show

Krystal and Saagar discuss the BP focus group on abortion and social security, elite media panics over Biden’s age, Pelosi refuses to endorse Kamala for VP, media praises Bidenomics as inflation spikes, Mitt Romney retires, Biden’s fatherly love excuse for Hunter corruption, massive auto worker strike begins tonight, […]