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REVIEW: The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis
VN alexander In Martin Amis’ The Zone of Interest (2014), set in a Nazi death camp, the Commander, Paul Doll, has...
Notes to Poetry: Or, defending freedom for the future
Simon Elmer Der Zauberlehrling (1797) is the title of a famous ballad by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a re-telling...
A Pandemic of Narcissistic Abuse
Lucy Davies Narcissism and its associated abuse; control, manipulation, greed, exploitation of power, an audacious sense of entitlement to...
There Is No Escape From Telling
Edward curtin By the lake’s lapping shore above the town and the railroad tracks, my wife and I stopped...
Faust Walks Out on Easter Morning
Edward Curtin
“All things transient are but a parable” Goethe, Faust These books are killing me he thought. The sun has...
The Cell Phone Is a Pair of Red High Heels
Edward curtin It is comical how easily one can be ignored for pointing out that new technology is dangerous...
OffG Recommends…Network
Kit Knightly Usually the OffG recommends articles* take the form of a review, but Network doesn’t need another review,...
Hand Picked
Todd Hayen Were we handpicked to know the truth? Are we the chosen ones? I have resisted this idea...
The War on Insensitivity
CJ Hopkins So, here’s a “conspiracy theory” for you. This one is about the global-capitalist thoughtpolice and their ongoing...
The World Wants to Be Deceived
Edward Curtin My title comes from a 19th century author whose name does not matter nor would it mean much...
Inside the Iron Cage
Edward Curtin
“No one knows who will live in this [iron] cage in the future….” Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and...
REVIEW: The Psychology of Totalitarianism
Kevin Ryan Belgian psychologist Mattias Desmet published his book The Psychology of Totalitarianism in June 2022. The book brings attention to...
Science! Blessed be Thy Name
Jordan Henderson
Freedom of Religion can no longer bring about the freedom that it could have in past ages had it...
Is a Happy New Year Possible?
Edward Curtin “The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus...
Mistakes Were NOT Made: An Anthem for Justice
Margaret Anna Alice
The following poem was inspired by a conversation with Mike Yeadon. We have both independently noticed the increasing use...
A Meaningless Life
Todd Hayen In Dr. Mattias Desmet’s insightful book The Psychology of Totalitarianism he posits that one of the primary...
Tolkien Anniversary: A Tribute to the Father of Fantasy
JR Leach Today – 3rd of January 2023 – marks Professor JRR Tolkien’s one-hundred and thirty-first birthday. This is...
WATCH: Fake Virtue with Alan Watts
JR Leach “The art of living… is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the...
A Gift of Words
Edward Curtin “The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make...
The Enlightenment & the Emancipation of Humanity
Charles Chevalier To what extent was Enlightenment one of human emancipation? As Hampson (1968) describes the period “an embarrassment...
