David Graeber’s Possible Worlds

By Molly Fischer, Intelligencer Lately it has seemed possible that everything must change. Basic fixtures of American life, rules and institutions that had come to feel inevitable — in 2020 and 2021, they felt less inevitable than before. They felt perhaps untenable. Things like the cost of health […]

The Enemy of My Enemy

This is a pretty good critique/overview of “national conservatism” but it fails to point out the most important thing about it, which is that national conservatism is the latest neocon front movement. Notice that two of the movement’s leading intellectuals are a (likely) Pahlavist and an actual Israeli […]

Joe Biden’s Big Squeeze Progressive donors to the left of him, cynical centrists to the right — a theory of why his popular agenda is so unpopular.

By Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine It is scarcely an exaggeration to say that the fate of American democracy may hinge on President Joe Biden’s success. If his approval rating sinks too far below 50 percent, it becomes more likely than not that the next election will reinstall […]

Breaking Points: 11/22/21 Full UNCUT Show

Krystal and Saagar discuss the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict, Ahmaud Arbery case, Joe Biden running for re-election, Hunter Biden’s business dealing, supply chains ahead of the holiday season, YouTube censoring Breaking Points, delusional Democrats, the fight to unionize Amazon, and more! Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Amazon Labor: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-th… Timestamps: Rittenhouse: 0:00 […]

Quitting the Classroom: One Year On

A former university instructor talks about his experience so far with quitting the classroom to teach independently on the internet. Jackson Crawford, Ph.D.: Sharing real expertise in Norse language and myth with people hungry to learn, free of both ivory tower elitism and the agendas of self-appointed gurus. […]

Dutch police open fire on Covid lockdown protesters as European nations reintroduce restrictions

By Chantal Da Silva and Associated Press Police opened fire on anti-lockdown protesters in the Dutch city of Rotterdam Friday ahead of demonstrations in several European cities against new Covid restrictions. Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb told reporters about police officers “felt it necessary to draw their weapons to defend themselves” more […]