Culture
“Is This What Hell Looks Like?”
Originally published on Culture Critic The gap between medieval and modern art might seem unbridgeable. But there is one painting that connects the two — and it’s as strange as you might expect. Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights is more than a visual masterpiece. It holds the keys to some big questions: …
“The Varieties of Political Experience: The Health Freedom Activist Community Brings the Hammer Down”
Originally published on Substack We do not often characterize politics as spiritual activity. Many if not most people associate it with problematic power struggles and necessary evils — the supposed opposite of spirituality. And yet, if we define spiritual activity as the effect of “immaterial” ideas and morals on the …
“Falsehood Flies, Truth Limps After It”
Note to a demoralized reader In 1710, Jonathan Swift noted in The Examiner: Besides, as the vilest Writer has his Readers, so the greatest Liar has his Believers; and it often happens, that if a Lie be believ’d only for an Hour, it has done its Work, and there is no …
The Real Threat to Your Way of Life
Why famine and food shortages grow more likely each day — in America! With a constant stream of Hollywood end-of-the-world calamity blockbuster movies, Americans are generally distracted from the real-life disaster scenario that threatens us. Growing dependency on processed foods, often shipped long distances via crammed distribution systems, has created a …
The Dying Game: The Business of Depopulation
As the excess body count piles up, new industries have emerged to sanitise the messy job of culling the native Irish population. Elizabeth Oakes: That’s something I would definitely advocate is start talking about what you would like for your end-of-life options? Tommy Tiernan: Like when? Like I’m 50. Elizabeth Oakes: I’d be …
“Broken in What Way?” My Latest Letter from New York
I am in New York again, and I am sending you this postcard from a city I love and have loved; from a broken city. Broken; yet struggling to reimagine itself, as it has so many times before. Are we better? Are we lost? Are we changed, changed utterly? Here …
“The Answer to Population Control is Hidden in Plain Sight”
Big Pharma. Abortion. Child Transition. Experimental Vaccines. Gender Ideology. Smart Cities. Pandemic Lockdowns. Assisted Suicide. Pornography. Media Censorship. Climate Change. Harm Reduction. Secularism. You may recognize these as features of far-left ideology, also known as leftism, progressivism, wokeism, or neo-Marxism. But they are also components of something far …
“Is Obesity a New Phenomenon?”
Fat People During Prehistoric, Medieval and Current Times Overweight people existed even during prehistoric times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Hohle_Fels The above 41,000-year-old figurine Venus of Hohle Fels, made from mammoth ivory, is the oldest undisputed depiction of a human being. The woman portrayed by that prehistoric artifact lived in a cave near Schelklingen, Germany. Some experts …
Lessons From the Religious Wars
Only an intact Constitution can protect us from tribal and ideological warfare. François Dubois (Public Domain) A few days ago, I saw a report that James “J.R.” Reeves—Chief Information Officer and IT Director for U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)—has long been in the habit of referring to white people on his …
Faithless Town Unleashes New Anti-Woke Single “Woke Town”
Faithless Town Unleashes New Anti-Woke Single “Woke Town” Americana rock sensation Faithless Town is making waves once again with the release of their latest single, “Woke Town.” The track serves as a daring commentary on woke culture and the contemporary “progressive” left. Known for their fearless approach to tackling societal …
Taylor Swift PSYOP?
Department of Defense proposed using her “to combat online disinformation” Over the last couple of months, my younger brother has repeatedly expressed the opinion that Taylor Swift’s romance with Kansas City Chief ball player Travis Kelce has been endlessly publicized and incentivized by creepy US government and pharmaceutical industry propagandists. …
Whistleblower: “How The Government Funded Misleading Scientific Studies To Demonize MDMA”
An exclusive whistleblower testimony on deceptive government-funded psychedelic studies. MAPS founder Rick Doblin: “This is explosive and highly relevant.” The public perception of psychedelic drugs has rapidly shifted over the past two decades. A wave of resurgent research beginning in the early aughts —demonstrating high levels of therapeutic efficacy — …
The Unvaccinated Were Scapegoated for Failure of COVID Vaccines, Study Finds
Scapegoating and hate messaging were intentional and BROKE UP FAMILIES A new scientific study found that unvaccinated people were unfairly scapegoated during the pandemic. Psypost reports: https://www.psypost.org/2023/11/the-covid-19-blame-game-unvaccinated-individuals-disproportionately-scapegoated-study-suggests-214419 I doubt that the “scientific discovery” of unwarranted and mean-spirited scapegoating of the unvaccinated surprises most of my readers, but the details of the “findings” are interesting. However, this …
Why Do Men Take Credit For Women’s Work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tnXAMpZsS8 Men take credit for women’s work for one reason: because they can. it’s just one of the many injustices women endure simply because they’re female. Being unequal under the law has plagued women in all countries for generations – and has left women vulnerable to second-class treatment in …
Humor is a Threat to Our Democracy, Australian Political Scientists Claim
Dear Readers: I am sorry for sprinkling humor and sarcasm throughout my Substack posts. My apologies! Had I known that Australian social scientists Jordan McSwiney and Kurt Sengul found the use of humor and ridicule to be an insidious attack on our democracy, I would certainly avoid even a trace of sarcasm or humor …
Reversing The Descent Of Humanity
Nothing To Do With Economic Growth A Huge Wound In The Tropical Rainforest The elements of life that bring satisfaction — including food and shelter, stable relationships, good health, and unconditional reciprocal love — have little to do with the motives of big business or governments. In defending a contract …
How Political Establishments Sponsor Protests They Want, Suppress the Ones They Don’t, and Tread Carefully When Clients Go Off-Message
A brief consideration of how the German state has treated climate, pandemic and pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Protestors raise the Palestinian flag atop the Neptune Fountain in Berlin on Saturday. Western liberal democracies cultivate a range of fictions about their nature and function. In the myths they tell about themselves, the people …
Assisted Suicide for BABIES Demanded by Quebec College of Physicians
I apologize for using the oxymoronic term “assisted suicide for babies” in the title. An infant is not self-aware and cannot “commit suicide.” Infants want to live, eat, and be held by their parents. And yet, the Quebec College of Physicians wants to expand the Canadian “Medical Assistance in Dying” …
On Israel, the Palestinian territories and the doubtful project of liberal peacemaking
I’ve had a bit of self-imposed writer’s block recently. There are things I want to say about the discourse around the Hamas attacks and the Israeli response that are very delicate and which, I fear, will earn me few friends. So, until this morning, I’ve tried very hard not to …
ADHD, Invisible Hunger, and Why You Should Be Very Concerned for Your Children
It’s all iPads and Happy Meals Until Someone Gets Hurt Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. In recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in the diagnosis of ADHD among children. This phenomenon raises important questions about the underlying causes, …