Most people are not idiots, says the New York Times. By Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan, New York Times The common view of American politics today is of a clamorous divide between Democrats and Republicans, an unyielding, inevitable clash of harsh partisan polarization. But that focus obscures […]
Shelby Steele’s documentary has been banned from Amazon, and I saw where a Wall Street Journal article criticizing Amazon for this has been taken down as well.
First, the Coronavirus has so far killed no more people than a seasonal influenza. Bearing in mind the use of statistical methods bordering on the fraudulent, it may have killed fewer than seasonal flu. For this reason, the Lockdown and the obsessive social distancing have been grossly disproportionate […]
An interesting theoretical approach. By Brian D. Williams How can societies maximize equal liberty in the context of the modern sovereign state? While liberal democracy is widely recognized as the type of political regime most conducive to this goal, it fails to offer a vision of life beyond […]
By Norbert Bolz, TELOS Nietzsche once said that culture was only a thin apple peel over a glowing hot chaos. That is probably to say that even a small shock suffices to confront us anew with barbarism and dizzying stupidity. And now we are actually dealing with a […]
By Ruth Kinna There is a curious paradox at the heart of contemporary debates about the relationship between utopian and anarchist studies. While anarchistic ideas have gained some purchase in utopian studies, there is a strong anti-utopian trend in modern anarchism. What is puzzling about this paradox is […]
By Mark G.E. Kelly, TELOS In this article, I argue against the prevalent tendency, both in popular and scholarly discourse, to understand the Trump presidency as representing an incipient American fascism. I point out that Trump’s actual administration has shown no features distinctive of fascism, and that all […]
Uri Gordon Forthcoming In The Brill Companion to Anarchism and Philosophy, ed. N. Jun. Leiden: Brill (2017) Anarchists are against nationalism; everyone knows that. Instead of solidarity across borders and anti-hierarchical antagonism within them, nationalism engenders loyalty to the state with its armed forces and public symbols, encourages […]
Municipalism.Org The definition of “municipalism” is still up for grabs. If you Google the word you’ll be given a snippet from Wikipedia about “libertarian municipalism”, a compelling but very specific utopian political philosophy of Murray Bookchin. Surely “municipalism” can and should mean something more. Over the last fifty years, the percentage of people around the globe living […]
I’m not that big on the welfare statism of “Rising” but their critiques of the “let them eat cake” attitude of the ruling class are usually fairly accurate. Saagar Enjeti explains why he believes a stimulus won’t get passed.
A ruling class unity regime that squeezes out “radicals” from the Left and Right. Krystal Ball weighs in on reporting that alleges Joe Biden is vetting Republicans to serve on his cabinet.
Watch out for this guy. Contra Emma, he’s not a literal fascist but he is a right-wing plutocratic, militarist, Zionist flunkie. He represents the very worst elements of the Republicans.
What a turd.
Poor Chick-fil-A. Hated by Left and Right alike. And neither one pays much attention to the fact that Chick-fil-A is just another fast-food plantation. “Sometimes this was literal: showing that critical race theory had conquered him, the head of Chick-fil-a said every white man should shine a black […]
It must be awfully frustrating to be someone who actually believes in this stuff and engages in these torturous debates. “Should we vote for the guy who hates our guts and openly says he won’t do anything for us because the other guy bad, bad, bad…?”
A debate between Ibram X. Kendi and Coleman Hughes would be interesting.
James Lindsay is probably the best critic of totalitarian humanism that I know of in terms of dissecting its intellectual roots and orientation. Lindsay is not a “conservative” but a Dawkinsesque atheist and a standard-issue progressive who considers the Scandinavian countries to be model societies. The main difference […]
It’s hard to believe the guy who wrote “Manufacturing Consent” and “Necessary Illusions” could be so blinkered. This is a completely clueless conversation that was painful to listen to. It basically amounts to Chomsky, Sam Sedar, and Nomiki Konst claiming that PC culture is merely about being nice […]
The fellow being profiled in this, historian Fred Siegel, is fairly insightful when he describes the present political conflict as pitting the tech-oligarch/financier/”new clerisy alliance” against the “old bourgeoisie.” Although he’s obviously clueless on certain other things, such as the wider geopolitical and socioeconomic context in which all […]
A friend on my page asked an important question. “A while ago you were dismissive of the hype around a pending civil war, and you argued persuasively that the USA was one of the most stable countries, and even if it became more unstable, it would still be […]
Author, David Goodhart, discusses his new book, “Head, Hand and Heart: Why Intelligence Is Over-Rewarded, Manual Workers Matter, and Caregivers Deserve More Respect.” He also discusses the hardships many blue collar workers are facing.
The social democratic “party” pretends anyone gives a damn about their perspective. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to a recent bi-partisan letter sent to both chambers of Congress expressing concerns about having corporate leaders and campaign donors hold Senate confirmed offices in a Joe Biden administration.
Do Orange Man’s henchmen see the writing on the wall? Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss Donald Trump’s re-election chances, and scrutinize recent polling comparisons between Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.
The right-wing of neoliberalism vs the Trumpian faux populists. Saagar Enjeti gives his thoughts on how Republicans are repeating history by distancing themselves from President Trump in case of a presidential defeat. He also explains how this may hurt the GOP in the future, despite a Joe Biden […]
This is a great takedown of the latte liberals. Krystal Ball debunks the return to normal narrative Democrats are promising under a Joe Biden administration.
As one who wrote about the civil war in El Salvador, this sounds an awful lot like the extra-judicial death squad killings that would take place in that country.
By Andrew Sullivan, The Weekly Dish A question I’ve wrestled with this past year or so is a pretty basic one: if critical race/gender/queer theory is unfalsifiable postmodern claptrap, as I have long contended, how has it conquered so many institutions so swiftly? It’s been a staggering achievement, […]
By Bill Kauffman, Reason Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America’s Imperfect Union, by Richard Kreitner, Little, Brown and Co., 496 pages, $30 The late Thomas Naylor, gentle godfather of the modern Vermont independence movement, used to sign off with “God bless the Disunited […]
When wrestling fans get pissed because heel/babyface characters break kayfabe. Alex Swoyer, The Washington Times Liberal groups erupted in anger after Sen. Dianne Feinstein praised the way Republicans ran last week’s confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett and demanded that the senator be ousted as […]
https://media.urmedium.com/ConvertedVideo/2020/10/19/637387032644845778video.mp4 Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who the FBI says was targeted in a foiled kidnapping plot, on Sunday accused President Donald Trump of fanning the flames of domestic terrorism when he didn’t put a stop to chants of “lock her up!” that erupted the day before during a […]
A good discussion of the present situation by fourth-generation warfare theorist Bill Lind. As the discussion thread following this article indicates, more and more I am seeing people on “both sides” (although there are actually dozens of “sides”) saying of their opponents, “But they want to kill us!” […]
Inter-tribal warfare is really not a good plan. By Guneeta Singh Bhalla, The Diplomat “I still don’t know what happened,” remarks Ranjit Kaur toward the end of our interview. “Why did we have to move?” she softly asks, staring at me, then through me, as her voice trailed […]
By Kevin Carson, Center for a Stateless Society The calculation problem, as stated by Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek, has been central to most libertarian arguments against non-market or non-price forms of economic coordination. The Misesian variant, argued in Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth and Socialism, […]
The U.S. government collects detailed data on who’s dying in which jails around the country – but won’t let anyone see it. So, Reuters conducted its own tally of fatalities in America’s biggest jails, pinpointing where suicide, botched healthcare and bad jailkeeping are claiming lives in a system […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley The news broke like something straight out of a cheesy 90s blockbuster. Whisked away to an undisclosed location, we were greeted in primetime by the Democratic governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, like a heavily Botoxed Bill Pullman commanding […]
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston, Swithun Dobson and Terminal Philosophy to discuss the importance of Hoppean thought to libertarianism and NRx.
A reflection on the decline of Noam Chomsky.
This book is essential reading for anyone who is interested in anti-state thought. The state, which since the middle of the seventeenth century has been the most important of all modern institutions, is in decline. From Western Europe to Africa, many existing states are either combining into larger […]
My take on the present situation is both presidential tickets are (roughly) equally dangerous. Trump is a narcissist and a megalomaniac but so are most politicians. What is most dangerous about him is his complete fealty to the KSA, UAE, and the state with whom the US has […]
It seems inconceivable that some people are actually preparing for civil war over Donald Trump.
A new biography of Oscar Wilde by Kristian Williams.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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