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Kurt Keefner
- Dec 5, 2020
- 9 min
Freedom and Chess: Playing The Queen's Gambit
Meet Beth Harmon. She is the Mozart of chess, but can she beat her demons?
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Stephen W. Browne
- Nov 25, 2020
- 11 min
Disagree. It's what free persons do.
Wisdom in miniature. Disagree if you want to, but be prepared to think.
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Kurt Keefner
- Oct 24, 2020
- 16 min
The Perfecting of Howard Roark
Howard Roark is no statue. This is the story of his development as a human character.
1330
Kurt Keefner
- Sep 25, 2020
- 9 min
Lessons of The Godfather
These gangsters give you a lesson you can't refuse.
360
Kurt Keefner
- Sep 11, 2020
- 11 min
Man and Nature in The Fountainhead
Architecture is the interface between man and nature. An opportunity for a theme!
300
Kurt Keefner
- Sep 4, 2020
- 9 min
Authenticity and Ecology
How to become who you are naturally rather than by force.
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Kurt Keefner
- Jun 12, 2020
- 11 min
Brave New Us
Despite the differences we are tending in the direction of Huxley's hedonistic dystopia.
40
Kurt Keefner
- May 15, 2020
- 9 min
The Bust of Caesar
Some characters are perfectly realized without being merely allegorical.
510
Kurt Keefner
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
Textures
I am in love with texture. These five photos give the reader different experiences of it.
350
Kurt Keefner
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
Announcing Killing Cool
Essays on authenticity. And vampires. And hugs. And musicians.
70
Kurt Keefner
- Mar 25, 2020
- 8 min
Descending Mount Olympus
Following Ayn Rand too closely stranded me on a mountain peak. Here's how I came down.
280
Kurt Keefner
- May 6, 2018
- 7 min
Is That Even a Thing?
Down the rabbit hole, but hopefully not into the echo chamber, with today's mental metaphors.
150
Kurt Keefner
- Mar 27, 2018
- 11 min
The Civil War Re-Imagined in Music
What contemporary songs can tell us about our epic conflict.
630
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