On January 1, as the European Union ushered in another year of economic chaos and not-so-distant wars, no one was in the mood to celebrate the euro’s 25th birthday. No one, that is, but the Eurocrats.
As always, the EU’s …
Is Ko Wen-je China’s man in Taiwan?
Theatre and politics have a long history in Taiwan. During the Japanese colonial era (1895-1945), lookouts were posted outside Taiwanese opera performances to warn of approaching police patrols. These raids were part of a Japanisation policy known as kominka, designed …
In defence of showing Nazi art
Slightly bedraggled, a Royal British Legion poppy wreath hangs on the railings outside Museum Arnhem. In the pretty sculpture garden that overlooks the Rhine as it flows into the Netherlands from Germany stands a monument to the soldiers of the …
This year, embrace chaos
Here’s a riddle: Since we live in an uncertain and unpredictable world, and humans have evolved to survive and thrive in it, why do we crave certainty? Wouldn’t we be more successful as a species if our default mode were …
We Often Imitate What We Say We Oppose
There are some incongruous truths that I sometimes spring on interlocutors from time to time to test their mental agility. For example, the fact that from the point of view of actual policies proposed and enacted Richard Nixon was easily …
Kristina Borjesson: Rest in Peace to a Brave Investigator
I worked with Emmy Award-winning Kristina Borjesson on an anthrax letters investigation. She interviewed me several times about Covid and about my Medical Board case. [We filed an appeal of my conviction this week (convicted for having convictions—that sounds right) …
War, What is it Good For? – The Profits of the Military Industrial Complex.
The business of war is booming due to the geopolitical tensions engineered in the last few years and global military spending rose to an all-time high of over $2.2 trillion last year […]
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The Hero’s Voice is Within Your Reach
A guest essay on Laura Dodsworth’s Substack by former headteacher and author Mike Fairclough.
As the only UK headteacher to publicly question lockdowns, masking kids, and the Covid vaccine rollout to children, I was not alone in my beliefs. Other …
Channel 4 to release a film labelling the Hampstead satanic ritual abuse scandal a “conspiracy theory”
In early 2024, British TV Channel 4 will be releasing a documentary to pass off revelations made by two children in 2014 about satanic ritual abuse as a “conspiracy theory.” In 2022, […]
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The world should fear 2024
When asked in 2020 to envisage the world after Covid, Michel Houellebecq proclaimed, accurately enough, that “it will be the same, just a bit worse”. As this year slams to a bloody close, it does not take a soothsayer to …
33 concepts to survive the year
As a writer working on a catalogue of humanity’s wisest ideas, I spend my days searching for concepts by which to better understand the world. I find such ideas everywhere and everywhen, from Ancient Greece to Silicon Valley, and periodically …
What is the point of Nato?
It was early September in 1971. My mother had taken me in a taxi to a boutique hotel in a leafy northern Athenian suburb to visit my favourite uncle, her beloved brother. Before we got out the car, she put …
The Diabolical Dozen: My Twelve ‘Most-Significant Covid Events’
When a new ‘medical’ product causes millions of deaths and life-altering adverse events, this should qualify as a “significant event.”
I occasionally enjoy publishing “List” articles. To me, these essays can provide larger context on important topics and can assist …
Hope Matters in Our War
Hope is one of the most puzzling of human affects. Some call it an emotion. Whatever it is, however, insofar as it is future-directed – like its shadows, anxiety and fear – it is inalienably human.
Moreover, its object varies …
Let a Scientist Speak! Presentation Goes Viral “Because It’s True!”
A 9-minute presentation by scientist Denis Rancourt at the Christine Anderson and Eva Vlaardingerbroek “Make It Your Business” event in Ottawa on November 29, 2023 has gone viral on X formerly known […]
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