Category: American Decline

Nationalist Self-Hatred

The culture war alone cannot explain the civic rot on the populist Right. Matt Johnson 12 Mar 2024 · 17 min read From Left, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene.   I. Two days before the war in Ukraine officially began, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the […]

Is There a Case for American Optimism?

Josh Hammer Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large And Host, “The Josh Hammer Show” It’s been almost two weeks, and many are still discussing and debating the Alabama Supreme Court’s recent decision holding that embryos constitute “minor child(ren)” for purposes of the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. There has been a […]

Super Bowl Churchianity

By Rev. Chuck Baldwin Published: Thursday, February 22, 2024 Download free computerized mp3 audio file of this column (To subscribe to my columns at no cost, click here.) On Super Bowl Sunday, February 11, tens of thousands of “churches” all over America shortened services, canceled services altogether or […]

Col. Douglas Macgregor on the State of the Empire

Col. Douglas Macgregor discusses the current situation in Ukraine, Gaza, the Red Sea, and more, plus his retrospective on the Cold War. (Ep. 2449) Sponsors: Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/woods Federated Computer: https://www.federated.computer/woods Guest’s Website: Our Country, Our Choice https://www.ourcountryourchoice.com Other Important Links: http://www.LibertyClassroom.com http://www.RonPaulHomeschool.com http://www.NationalDivorce.com Audio & Video Production & […]

The American Crack-Up

The nation remains blinded by a veil of madness BY David Samuels F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that “the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function”. His formula is […]

Where is the American dream now?

Today’s best articles Where is the American dream now? Are electric vehicle sales really losing their charge? 2023: the year of overtourism backlash Sponsored by Wise Bread Best Reward Cards of 2023 With $300 Bonus Comedians to see on tour this winter 5 cash-strapped cartoons about funding for […]

America Is In Danger

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more America Is In Danger The US Defense Department must be held to account for waging psychological warfare against the American people Michael Shellenberger Dec 8 ∙ Preview READ IN APP Our military, police, and intelligence officials exist to protect us from […]

To Renew America

Sponsored by Bodleian Library Publishing Sherrilyn Ifill How America Ends and Begins Again Because so much of what we have come to expect of our country is unraveling, we have an opportunity to build it anew.   Robert Darnton The Dream of a Universal Library Digitization promised to […]

Round-Table #92: Collapse?

I will be joined by Keith Preston, Florian Ulrich and Aleksey Bashtavenko to discuss the likelihood of the collapse of industrial civilization with a special focus on the MIT study that predicts collapse in 2040ish. My contact info: Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PoFPodcast Telegram: t.me/PraiseOfFolly_1511 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PraiseOfFoll… BuyMeACoffe: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PraiseOf… […]

Round-Table #89: Analysis of Barbara Walter’s work on How Civil Wars Start

I will be joined by Keith Preston, Florian Ulrich and Aleksey Bashtavenko on CIA analyst Barbara Walter’s work on how Civil Wars start. Tune in for a stimulating conversation! My Contact Info: Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PoFPodcast Telegram: t.me/PraiseOfFolly_1511 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PraiseOfFoll… BuyMeACoffe: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PraiseOf… Subscribe Star: https://www.subscribestar.com/PraiseO… Substack: https://substack.com/profile/40985862… Guest […]

Round-Table #87: “Why America will Have its French Revolution” a review

I will be joined by Keith Preston, Swithun Dobson and Terminal Philosophy to do another review of an insightful video by WhatIfAltHist: https://www.youtube.com/@WhatifAltHis…. He recently did a video entitled Why America will Have its French Revolution”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yuZp…. Tune in for a great show! My contact info: Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ […]

Is America still credit-worthy?

Harold  Maass Who does Trump’s indictment really help? Joel  Mathis Is America still credit-worthy? ADVERTISEMENT BY WISEBREAD Earn $200 After Spending $500 Brendan  Morrow Stars who have joined the picket lines during the actors strike Peter  Weber Experts are skeptical of Trump’s 2 floated legal defenses Justin  Klawans […]

Why America will Have its French Revolution

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The Pessimistic Case for the Future

By Michael Anton, Compact Recently, I was asked to make the “pessimistic case for the future.” I present instead more of a “pessimistic take on the present.” The future, while imminent, is obscure. The present, by contrast, is knowable. This is also not so much a “case” replete […]

The Loneliness of Freedom

Atomization means political “extremism” is here to stay Scott Greer Jul 19, 2023 A record number of Americans now live alone. The U.S. Census shows that nearly 30 percent of the population lives by themselves. It was only eight percent in 1940. Ever since 1980, the number has […]

Herman Is Unlearning to Speak

By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition Herman’s life took another profound turn when he delved into the writings of Leslie Feinberg, guided by his transgender English professor. Immersed in Feinberg’s words, he gained a deep understanding of the struggles faced by gender-fluid individuals, and this knowledge opened his eyes […]

On America

Niccolo LARPs as a 21st Century de Tocqueville Niccolo Soldo Jul 4, 2022 Share “Don’t you know that you can’t go home again?” – Ella Winter to Thomas Wolfe I write about America a lot because it’s impossible not to do so. The USA is the world’s most […]

Both sides cracking

By Daniel Lazare, Weekly Worker Russia is not the only major power that is feeling the strain, argues Daniel Lazare . The US is too Russia cracked wide open last week – but the United States of America continued crumbling as well. Although not as dramatic as Yevgeny […]