Category: Culture Wars/Current Controversies

Is the Time of the Caesars Upon Us?

by Astral Astral Jan 21, 2025 Astral explores Donald Trump’s rise and its alignment with Oswald Spengler’s theory of Caesarism, analyzing America’s potential transition into an era defined by strongman leadership, imperialism, and cultural decline. Only time will tell if Oswald Spengler’s philosophy of history is a predictive […]

Reform America’s Fire Policy

January 15, 2025 Welcome to The Lighthouse, the weekly email newsletter of the Independent Institute covering politics, economics, current events, and everything in between. Dear Readers, 2025 has already been a challenging year as devastating wildfires have swept through Southern California. At this point, the causes of the […]

‘Leave Them Kids Alone!’

Diane Ravitch ‘Their Kind of Indoctrination’ For a range of far-right activists, Trump’s second term will be a chance to discipline public schools—and ultimately defund them. Nathan Shields ‘Every Carnival Has Its End’ A recent performance by the Santa Fe Opera of Don Giovanni showed what is gained—and what is lost—in […]

Putinism at 25, US Truth and Reconciliation Committee for 2025, The End of the Liberal Era?, Stewart Lee The Little Shit, My Life With Penguins in the Antarctic

Niccolo Soldo Jan 11, 2025 Every weekend (almost) I share five articles/essays/reports with you. I select these over the course of the week because they are either insightful, informative, interesting, important, or a combination of the above. Share When Vladimir Putin first walked through those golden doors in […]

A Progressive Hellscape

January 10 2025 A Progressive Hellscape COMMENTARY By Erick Erickson “February was the wettest month in downtown Los Angeles since 1998.” More The Age of Censorship Is Ending COMMENTARY By Ben Shapiro This is all happening for one reason: the reelection of Donald Trump. More DeSantis Tells Media […]

Destruction here, destruction there

JANUARY 10, 2025 Destruction here, destruction there California’s Desert Ecosystems Will Never Recover → This week, we’re turning back to Mike Davis on fires in Southern California, monitoring the ongoing destruction in Gaza, and preparing ourselves for the start of Trump 2.0.   “Since Israel’s genocide began last […]

Wildfire Special: California Burning

January 10, 2025 Special Edition Welcome to The Lighthouse, the weekly email newsletter of the Independent Institute covering politics, economics, current events, and everything in between. Dear Readers, As heartbreak and devastation are wrought by the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Lidia, Woodley, Tyler and Sunset Fires, the State of […]

Transition to Satanocracy

by Micha Kat Arktos Journal Jan 09, 2025 Micha Kat introduces the concept of ‘satanocracy’ — a form of governance marked by deliberate harm to populations — drawing on examples such as Mark Rutte’s policies in the Netherlands, grooming gangs in the UK, and California’s wildfires, while referencing […]

Is Gavin Newsom Responsible for Enabling California’s Devastating Wildfires?

January 9 2025 Is Gavin Newsom Responsible for Enabling California’s Devastating Wildfires? COMMENTARY By Tyler O’Neil California media outlets have revealed the governor’s penchant for exaggerating his accomplishments in managing the forests to prevent wildfires. More Fani Willis’ Refusal to Hand Over Documents Will Cost Taxpayers, Judge Rules […]

What to Expect from D.O.G.E.

January 8, 2025 Welcome to The Lighthouse, the weekly email newsletter of the Independent Institute covering politics, economics, current events, and everything in between. Dear Readers, What will the political landscape look like in 2025? One thing is for sure: the coming year will look nothing like 2024. […]

Why I Left Social Justice

Kier Adrian Gray Jul 15, 2022 kier here is a free digital newsletter sent out every Friday at noon PST. Why I Left Social Justice This is part three of a four-part series called “Finding and Losing Identity Politics.” You can find part one here: Confessions of a […]

Confessions of a Former SJW

Finding and Losing Identity Politics, Part 1 Kier Adrian Gray May 27, 2022 Hello! I have something to get off my chest: I no longer consider myself an intersectional feminist or an anarchist. I am concerned about the excesses of leftist identity politics and anti-oppression frameworks that are […]