Is the world making more love than war these days? And if so why? It’s a question that three great contemporary intellectuals have either indirectly or directly wrestled with in their life’s work. The first of our intellectuals is Francis Fukuyama. In his celebrated debut book The End of History and The Last Man, Fukuyama […]
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The going narrative in the west is: “Covid is on the Rise. We are entering the second wave. We must protect our people.” The offered recipe is testing-testing-testing. It is the instrument for increasing “cases”. The more you test, the more cases you have. Is that so difficult to understand? If tomorrow the world stops […]
Destructive human behavior based on selfishness, greed and ignorance has created the interrelated environmental emergency. A global crisis of unprecedented scale that threatens the survival of over a million plant and animal species, the security of tens of millions of people and the health of the planet. Unlimited irresponsible consumption of goods, services and animal […]
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. — Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit, (2005), p.1 The opinion pages of our leading newspapers are contributing more than their share, and it is second-rate puffery. The first one is a […]
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While Americans are re-programmed every four years for the most important desperately crucial national emergency election since the last one, which will assure that Wall Street, the Pentagon, Israel and billionaires maintain power and control over everything that matters, most eligible voters will choose neither of the ruling power’s candidates and in a sense exercise […]
Every day I ask myself the same question: How can this be happening in America? How can people like these be in charge of our country? If I didn’t see it with my own eyes, I’d think I was having a hallucination. — Philip Roth, The Plot Against America, 2004, Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt […]
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Brussels (EU and European NATO Headquarters) – On 21 October 2020, the German Press Agency (dpa) reports that Germany pledges NATO soldiers for possible Covid-19 operations: German soldiers could be sent on crisis missions to other NATO and partner countries during the second wave of the Corona pandemic. As a spokesman for the Ministry of […]
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When the New York Times and CNN recently referred to the staged town hall spectacles of Biden and Trump as dueling events, they inadvertently revealed the truth that U.S. presidential elections are America’s favorite movie and that the corporate media is in the entertainment business. While it is ludicrous to imagine these tottering actors crossing […]
You could say I lost my faith in science and progress… I never saw no miracle of science, That didn’t go from a blessing to a curse — Sting, “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You” (Recorded in 1992, Released in 1993) I do this real moron thing, and it’s called thinking. And apparently […]
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The great Italian writer, Ignazio Silone, often described himself as a “Socialist without a party, a Christian without a church”. With this, he expressed his belief in commitment outside of authority and all forms of hierarchy. Because Silone, as a historical witness of both Stalinism and Fascism, knew the dangers inherent in organized belief. Group […]
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