Strange Frequencies
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Notes
Other Writings
About
Against the Passive Voice
On the mental resistance of despair as political practice
Sep 12
•
David Polansky
17
6
All These Moments Lost in Time
In praise of '80s movies
Aug 22
•
David Polansky
24
9
"Children of Men" Could Have Been So Much Better
Instead, it’s a prophetic film that doesn't believe its own prophecy.
Published on Wisdom of Crowds
•
Jul 16
Most Popular
View all
A Hail Mary for Humanism?
Jun 20
•
David Polansky
35
8
All These Moments Lost in Time
Aug 22
•
David Polansky
24
9
Non-immense Wars of the Non-spirit
May 26
•
David Polansky
18
3
On Exile
Jul 4
•
David Polansky
13
1
What States Are Made Of
Oct 31, 2023
•
David Polansky
12
Innocents Abroad
Oct 8, 2024
•
David Polansky
5
Latest
Top
Discussions
On Exile
Considerations on Dante, Caetano Veloso, Jason Stanley, and me
Jul 4
•
David Polansky
13
1
A Hail Mary for Humanism?
On whether religion will prove to be the last bastion of humanism
Jun 20
•
David Polansky
35
8
Non-immense Wars of the Non-spirit
Over three decades ago, Francis Fukuyama published his famous End of History and the Last Man, in which he declared that history (or rather, “History…
May 26
•
David Polansky
18
3
Michael Jordan, Yes; Winston Churchill, No?
David Polansky on why democracies fear greatness -- and why they shouldn't.
Published on Wisdom of Crowds
•
May 12
On Conservatism
Everyone is conservative about what they know best, but just what do they know?
Mar 7
•
David Polansky
4
Worst Christmas Ever
Not that anyone asked, but my number one and number two all-time favorite Christmas movies are, respectively, Eric Rohmer’s My Night at Maud’s and Whit…
Dec 19, 2024
•
David Polansky
Fascism, always fascism
F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said there are no second acts in American lives. And while Donald Trump has returned to the Oval Office after a four-year…
Nov 18, 2024
•
David Polansky
1
See all
Strange Frequencies
Philosophy, politics, history, arts, and more
Subscribe
Recommendations
Unpop.
Daniel Polansky
Strange Frequencies
Subscribe
About
Archive
Recommendations
Sitemap
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
