Brandon Turner
@bparsonst.bsky.social
Political Science, Clemson University
literally the next page
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
literally the next page
Peter Viereck's reflections on the McCarthy and post-McCarthy 50's GOP are often surprisingly prescient; here perhaps more humorously than elsewhere
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Peter Viereck's reflections on the McCarthy and post-McCarthy 50's GOP are often surprisingly prescient; here perhaps more humorously than elsewhere
I will not abide slothful aluminum mills
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I will not abide slothful aluminum mills
Hot dog suit meme .gif
October 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Hot dog suit meme .gif
these guys cannot help themselves--they just cannot shut the fuck up under any circumstances
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
these guys cannot help themselves--they just cannot shut the fuck up under any circumstances
this, too, is blueskyism
September 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
this, too, is blueskyism
economists--why don't you write like this anymore
September 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
economists--why don't you write like this anymore
I've seen near zero mentions of it on Bluesky, but currently in SC nearly every major GOP figure--and now Trump himself--is calling for the state to defund Clemson University.
Because the university didn't immediately fire three faculty members for Kirk-related posts.
@thefireorg.bsky.social
Because the university didn't immediately fire three faculty members for Kirk-related posts.
@thefireorg.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I've seen near zero mentions of it on Bluesky, but currently in SC nearly every major GOP figure--and now Trump himself--is calling for the state to defund Clemson University.
Because the university didn't immediately fire three faculty members for Kirk-related posts.
@thefireorg.bsky.social
Because the university didn't immediately fire three faculty members for Kirk-related posts.
@thefireorg.bsky.social
they blew up the man, but his truck trundles on
August 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
they blew up the man, but his truck trundles on
here's how Newsweek described him in 2018!
July 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
here's how Newsweek described him in 2018!
turns out hughes himself used it twice! he used it first in a 1951 essay in a short-lived quarterly "critical journal" called MEASURE. the essay is titled "The End of Political Ideology."
July 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
turns out hughes himself used it twice! he used it first in a 1951 essay in a short-lived quarterly "critical journal" called MEASURE. the essay is titled "The End of Political Ideology."
here's what Hughes actually writes:
July 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
here's what Hughes actually writes:
another round of "stuff that interests only me probably"
in a brief chapter introducing a 1993 collection of essays called THE POLITICS OF PRUDENCE, Russell Kirk quotes H. Stuart Hughes, a mid-century American historian who unsuccessfully ran for JFK's vacated Senate seat, to the following effect:
in a brief chapter introducing a 1993 collection of essays called THE POLITICS OF PRUDENCE, Russell Kirk quotes H. Stuart Hughes, a mid-century American historian who unsuccessfully ran for JFK's vacated Senate seat, to the following effect:
July 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
another round of "stuff that interests only me probably"
in a brief chapter introducing a 1993 collection of essays called THE POLITICS OF PRUDENCE, Russell Kirk quotes H. Stuart Hughes, a mid-century American historian who unsuccessfully ran for JFK's vacated Senate seat, to the following effect:
in a brief chapter introducing a 1993 collection of essays called THE POLITICS OF PRUDENCE, Russell Kirk quotes H. Stuart Hughes, a mid-century American historian who unsuccessfully ran for JFK's vacated Senate seat, to the following effect:
the Babylon Bee knows how fucking BAD this looks for, uh, Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and Jim Clyburn
July 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
the Babylon Bee knows how fucking BAD this looks for, uh, Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and Jim Clyburn
(The piece appears in the Dec 21 1955 issue of NR; the NR archives are now far more widely available on Gale and EBSCOHost.)
Poking around led to this catty letter from Whittaker Chambers to Buckley on the subject of Paterson, who Chambers seems to have liked about as much as he liked Ayn Rand:
Poking around led to this catty letter from Whittaker Chambers to Buckley on the subject of Paterson, who Chambers seems to have liked about as much as he liked Ayn Rand:
July 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
(The piece appears in the Dec 21 1955 issue of NR; the NR archives are now far more widely available on Gale and EBSCOHost.)
Poking around led to this catty letter from Whittaker Chambers to Buckley on the subject of Paterson, who Chambers seems to have liked about as much as he liked Ayn Rand:
Poking around led to this catty letter from Whittaker Chambers to Buckley on the subject of Paterson, who Chambers seems to have liked about as much as he liked Ayn Rand:
The original quotation is from a December 1955 NR article called "The Southern Breakthrough" (geez, that even sounds bad!). Here are the graphs leading up to and including the quotation.
July 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The original quotation is from a December 1955 NR article called "The Southern Breakthrough" (geez, that even sounds bad!). Here are the graphs leading up to and including the quotation.
The same passage cited since, including in Sam Tanenhaus's brand new book on WF Buckley.
July 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The same passage cited since, including in Sam Tanenhaus's brand new book on WF Buckley.
"Guys like Phil Magness Exist for a Reason," vol. XIX
Was alerted to a "passage" from Isabel Paterson today. From what I can tell, it entered the right-wing interpretive sphere in Kim Phillips-Fein's 2009 INVISIBLE HANDS. Here's a screenshot of her interpretation:
Was alerted to a "passage" from Isabel Paterson today. From what I can tell, it entered the right-wing interpretive sphere in Kim Phillips-Fein's 2009 INVISIBLE HANDS. Here's a screenshot of her interpretation:
July 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"Guys like Phil Magness Exist for a Reason," vol. XIX
Was alerted to a "passage" from Isabel Paterson today. From what I can tell, it entered the right-wing interpretive sphere in Kim Phillips-Fein's 2009 INVISIBLE HANDS. Here's a screenshot of her interpretation:
Was alerted to a "passage" from Isabel Paterson today. From what I can tell, it entered the right-wing interpretive sphere in Kim Phillips-Fein's 2009 INVISIBLE HANDS. Here's a screenshot of her interpretation:
LOL. I've attached the images here. It's from a December 1955 piece in NR called "The Southern Breakthrough."
July 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
LOL. I've attached the images here. It's from a December 1955 piece in NR called "The Southern Breakthrough."
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social found something and thought you should see it
July 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social found something and thought you should see it
The 2003 Reds would not be my first thought re: forward-thinking teams
July 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The 2003 Reds would not be my first thought re: forward-thinking teams
this is the Cardinals winning percentage this century. they fired mike matheny mid-season with a career winning percentage of .555--the Reds would kill for one season of .555 ball!
all these guys do is win. people show up!
all these guys do is win. people show up!
June 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
this is the Cardinals winning percentage this century. they fired mike matheny mid-season with a career winning percentage of .555--the Reds would kill for one season of .555 ball!
all these guys do is win. people show up!
all these guys do is win. people show up!