Sunday, July 25, 2004
(9:54 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
A "Traditionalist" Link Post
In my effort to make this page more orthodox in its blogosity, I present to you the following links, arranged in paragraph form:Lars Iyer, in a passionately argued post, discusses the hopelessness of youth. A highlight: "The world has been wagered and lost. How to revive that horror at the utter mediocrities who lead us, who teach us, who manage us from that generation who had to do so little to gain their positions, and who demand so much from us?" (See also his long post from earlier this week on Deleuze and Communism.) Among the many interesting articles in the latest borderlands e-journal is an essay by Ann Murphy on "The Political Significance of Shame".
Daniel Green of The Reading Experience discusses the politicization of literature, on the left and on the right. His response to the latest journalist-vists-the-MLA piece is also worthy of our attention. Adam Robinson is evidently still alive, while Cap'n Pete has transformed his site into an art page with supplementary text. (The deep Renaissance influences are surprising and satisfying.)
Cathy Seipp, currently of The Volokh Conspiracy (whose proprietor has shown remarkably bad judgment in choosing guest bloggers), discusses Medicare's decision to treat obesity as a disease, lamenting the fact that Medicare fails to sufficiently blame liberalism for our obesity epidemic. Belle, having baked a Wonder Woman cake (a link to which does not necessarily indicate a crush on either Belle, Wonkette, or Kevin Drum), refutes this argument, simply by quoting and summarizing it, raising the question of what makes for a proper reductio ad absurdum. Meanwhile, in another part of Crooked Timber, Chris tackles the economic implications of Netflix.
At The H is O, Kamala sings a hymn to himself, F. Winston Codpiece tells of his conversion to liberalism, Adam Smith starts a very helpful series of posts on the 2004 campaign, and m2 confesses (to me). Fred Clark, the Abominable Slacktivist, explains "why some Christians hate gays but love bacon." Ralph Luker is a link machine. Matt Yglesias sells out by agreeing with the execrable David Brooks. And one wonders: is Protestantism dying?
