Russia ‘takes off the gloves’

Gilbert Doctorow In my last essay, I devoted considerable attention to commentary by the host of the leading political talk show on Russia’s state television Friday night with respect to the country’s obvious military setback in the Kharkov front, which still had not yet reached its culmination in […]

Look With Nature’s Eyes

Look With Nature’s Eyes Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of “Look With Nature’s Eyes”: Thanks for reading Caitlin’s Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.   Look with nature’s eyes, with atomic eyes, with Eden eyes, with primordial eyes. Stand on nature’s […]

Universalism and Sectarianism

By David Pan, Telos Since today’s world conflicts often derive from competing notions of universal values, with, for instance, Islam, Russian Orthodox Christianity, Roman Catholicism, the human rights project, and liberal democracy all offering separate foundations for a universal culture, it is tempting to look for a way […]

Rising: Full Show September 12, 2022 Ukraine TAKES BACK Kharkiv: Putin attacks POWER GRID as Zelenskyy begs US for $1.5B in gas aid

Over the weekend, Ukraine drove Russian forces out of Kharkiv after a surprise counterattack in the Northeast of the country. Batya Ungar-Sargon and Robby Soave react. #Ukraine #Russia #Kharkiv Batya Ungar-Sargon: America’s leaders REAP PROFITS when we hate each other, not them Robby Soave: Woke professor wishes ”EXCRUCIATING’ […]

Why Progressives Undermine Civilization

Shellenberger seems to be getting a bit neoconnish. Next up: “Michael Shellenberger on the visionary genius of Norman Podhoretz and Irving Kristol.” From electricity and psychiatry to criminal justice and meritocracy, center-Left political leaders are dismantling the institutions our forefathers created. Why is that? Michael Shellenberger German Economy […]

Insane in the Ukraine

How does this end? Edward Slavsquat 18 hr ago Internet war punditry: rapidly advancing towards total irrelevancy. The Ukrainian military has launched a counter-offensive in the Kharkov region. There are many hot takes about this. We are not going to provide you with a Military Analysis. Instead, we […]

Daily News Digest: September 11, 2022 The Week-How book bans are affecting schools and libraries

Theara  Coleman How book bans are affecting schools and libraries Grayson  Quay Canada’s Conservatives elect populist Pierre Poilievre as leader Advertisement from Wisebread The Best Travel Cards: No Annual Fee + $250 For Travel Grayson  Quay Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin begins journey to London Grayson  Quay Russia withdraws […]

Breaking Points AMA 9/11/22 Biden’s cabinet, what’s going on with young men, consumption habits, & drug decriminalization, more

Krystal and Saagar answer your questions about the establishment reaction to the show, Biden’s cabinet, what’s going on with young men, consumption habits, & drug decriminalization! To ask a question, go to the Breaking Points AMA page here: https://breakingpoints.supercast.tech… Timestamps: Establishment Reactions: 0:00 – 3:31 Biden: 3:32 – […]

My Husband the War Criminal

New York Review of Books Joyce Carol Oates Disaster Was Her Element Miranda Seymour’s I Used to Live Here Once is a richly detailed and warmly sympathetic look at Jean Rhys’s turbulent, disjointed life. David Motadel My Husband the War Criminal Nancy Dougherty’s The Hangman and His Wife portrays Reinhard Heydrich as […]