Tag Archives: Progressives

Jim Goad and the Passover Syndrome

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on February 16, 2011

Over at Taki’s Magazine, Jim Goad writes about ethnomasochism and the conformist mindset of today’s progressives: A common delusion among Passover Syndrome sufferers is that they represent the cusp of some bold revolutionary cultural vanguard rather than modern mainstream society … Continue reading →

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Theodore Dalrymple on the culture of inflation

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on September 6, 2009

In the Summer 2009 issue of City Journal Theodore Dalrymple  discusses the cultural effects of inflation: asset inflation—ultimately, the debasement of the currency—as the principal source of wealth corrodes the character of people. It not only undermines the traditional bourgeois … Continue reading →

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Health care as a right?

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on July 28, 2009

To understand the background of the recent debates on health care it is instructive to look at how this issue  is being approached in “progressive” states like Oregon. Last year a Constitutional Amendment was discussed  which would declare access to … Continue reading →

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