There was an oblique message buried in a New York Times story on the growing crisis in commercial real estate in cities. Yes, this is exactly the kind of article that people pass over because it seems like it doesn’t …
Elite Envy as a Civilizational Toxin
It will be recalled that, in my previous two posts, I wrote about nihilism having to do with a belief in ‘nothing,’ and a concomitant, wanton destruction of (everything valuable in) society, and about two kinds of nihilism (passive and …
You Keep Using the Term ‘Authoritarian’
You know the term “authoritarian.” You think you know what it means.
An authoritarian dad, boss, or government says: my way or the highway. They are forever barking orders and see compliance as the answer to all human problems. There …
The Myth of the European “Far-Right Surge”
There has been much talk of a “far-right surge” in the European Parliament. For example, BBC ran a headline, “Far right eyes Europe vote surge…,” shortly before the elections. On June 5th, Politico reported, “As the far right surges, this …
The NIAID is a Repeat Offender
Fresh off the back of Anthony Fauci and his former agency being accused of lying to lawmakers and covering up the origins of Covid-19, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is embroiled in another scandal.
This time, an explosive report by …
Jim Jordan Should Ask Fauci This…
As recently reported by Reclaim the Net, Anthony Fauci is being called to testify by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan for his “alleged role in the Biden White House’s censorship initiatives.”
Right away a glaring issue emerges: The censorship of …
The 3 Drivers of US Consumers Hit a Wall
The American consumer is giving up. Tapped. Out of cash.
So says Bloomberg in a recent article called “Key engines of US consumer are losing steam all at once.”
In short, consumer spending over the past year has been propped up by …
Dr. Wolf’s Statement to the Royal Courts of Justice
Statement of Dr Naomi Wolf to the Court
Dear Mrs Justice Farbey
I am here today because Ofcom, the media watchdog agency, concluded that my presentation of information from scientific reports about the Pfizer injection, on Mark Steyn’s TV show in October …
Australia’s ‘Covid Honour Roll’ is Absurd
Former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews, left, and former West Australian premier Mark McGowan, right.
In Australia, you can preside over human rights abuses, you can run the healthcare system into the ground, you can authorise police violence on citizens, you …
Triumph of the ‘Mass-Man’
You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who would deny that we are living through an age of staggering cultural change, and that has as one of its more salient features a generalized decline in human attentional capacities, as well as …
On the Edge of the Programmable Ledger: CBDCs
New Zealand’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ), has opened a consultation on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). This is the second of four stages. RBNZ considers that Stage Three will involve the development of prototypes and …
Two Sides of the Nihilistic Coin
In my previous post, it will be recalled, I wrote about the emergence of the condition known as ‘nihilism’ in modern culture and society – one characterised by an awareness that things, relationships, institutions, and so on, lack the self-evident …
We Approach State Singularity
Many citizens of the West believe that they live in free societies, or something close. But as time goes on, public authorities increasingly insist on having a say in everything.
People cannot build things on their own land without permits. …
Questioning Modern Injection Norms
A recent medical study found an association between tattoos and malignant lymphoma, with a 21% increased risk of this type of cancer in tattooed persons. Published in the Lancet (oh, the irony!), the paper notes that tattoo ink contains known …
The Sorrows of Empire
Metaphors And Historical Understanding
There is no such thing as fully objective history, and that’s for a simple reason. History is generated in narrative form, and the creation of every narrative—as Hayden White made clear four decades ago—necessarily involves the …