Kurt Keefner
North and South, An Industrial Synthesis
Strong-willed industrialist meets empathetic idealist in the 1800s. Can they bridge the gap?
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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.
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Kurt Keefner
- May 15, 2020
- 9 min
The Bust of Caesar
Some characters are perfectly realized without being merely allegorical.
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Kurt Keefner
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
Announcing Killing Cool
Essays on authenticity. And vampires. And hugs. And musicians.
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Kurt Keefner
- Mar 19, 2020
- 5 min
Selfishness —Not Just a Virtue but an Art
A guide to saying Yes and saying No. Dr Seabury got there 20 years before Miss Rand.
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Kurt Keefner
- May 5, 2018
- 7 min
Is That Even a Thing?
Down the rabbit hole, but hopefully not into the echo chamber, with today's mental metaphors.
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Kurt Keefner
- Mar 27, 2018
- 11 min
The Civil War Re-Imagined in Music
What contemporary songs can tell us about our epic conflict.
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Kurt Keefner
- Mar 15, 2018
- 1 min
Free Will Defended
Announcing my rebuttal to Sam Harris' erroneous views on the subject of free will.
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Kurt Keefner
- Mar 10, 2018
- 5 min
Sing, Little Bird!
The beauty of baroque music is that it can be realized in so many ways. Four versions of the same sweet song.
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Carrie-Ann Biondi
- Mar 2, 2018
- 9 min
Surrender in The Fountainhead.
You would expect Ayn Rand not to like the concept of "surrender," but sometimes she does.
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Kurt Keefner
- Dec 16, 2017
- 11 min
Heroes and Shipwrecks: Beethoven and Ayn Rand
In which the sense of life in Beethoven's Fifth is compared to that of Atlas Shrugged.
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Kurt Keefner
- Oct 24, 2017
- 9 min
The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith
A musical that tells the tale of that force of nature, Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues
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Kurt Keefner
- Oct 9, 2017
- 7 min
The Lesson of Maecenas
To judge or not to judge, that is the question.
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Kurt Keefner
- Sep 22, 2017
- 6 min
The Goddess of Love Makes Heroes of Us All
Regarding the classic Bollywood video "Chaiyya, Chaiyya," and its erotic song and dance.
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Kurt Keefner
- Aug 22, 2017
- 7 min
“A hero is one who wants to be himself.”
This quote from Ortega y Gasset sounds good, but does it hold up to scrutiny?
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Kurt Keefner
- Aug 14, 2017
- 5 min
Building Reason from Parts: The Flight of the Phoenix
A crash in the desert. A desperate plan. But can men with warring mentalities cooperate?
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Kurt Keefner
- Jul 28, 2017
- 6 min
Arguing About Dunkirk
Dunkirk was a great event in WWII. But Christopher Nolan's film has provoked arguments today.
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Kurt Keefner
- Jul 19, 2017
- 3 min
Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge
Science, determination, womanhood--this film has them all.
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