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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...

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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...

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A Meaningless Life

Todd Hayen In Dr. Mattias Desmet’s insightful book The Psychology of Totalitarianism he posits that one of the primary...

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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...

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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...

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A Gift of Words

Edward Curtin

“The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood.”...

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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...

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Ancient Apocalypse & Graham Hancock’s ‘Dangerous Ideas’

JR Leach It never ceases to amaze me what seemingly innocuous ideas the establishment media find ‘dangerous’ or ‘controversial’....

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Leonard Cohen in Joy and Sorrow: “Hallelujah”

Edward Curtin “There’s a blaze of light in every word It doesn’t matter which you heard The holy or...

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Stoned Screaming Caterpillars

Sylvia Shawcross I know we’re really all tired of the types of people in the world but really there...

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John Carpenter, Authoritarian Monsters & Dictatorship in Disguise

John Whitehead “You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one...

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Don Quixote…de la Left!

Jordan Henderson

The pull of Right vs Left Politics is still so strong, at least here in the USA, that I...

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AUDIO: Ed Curtin on Perspective with Jesse Zurawell

Author and sociology teacher (and regular OffG contributor) Edward Curtin joins Jesse Zurawell on the most recent episode of...

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REVIEW: The Rings of Power

When an author tells a story they invite you, without prejudice, to share in their imagination. And when Tolkien...

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REVIEW: ‘The Courage to Face COVID-19’ 

Aruna Rodrigues John Leake is a best-selling an “experienced non-fiction, true crime author”. Having just read what must be...

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Waking Up in a Nightmare

Todd Hayen One thing this global awakening (at least an awakening for me and my fellow shrews) has made...

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REVIEW: The Assassination and Mrs. Paine

Edward Curtin Human duplicity is a marvel to contemplate. This riveting documentary is an excellent example of such cunning in...

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REVIEW: Is there life after death?

Edward Curtin Life is entwined with death from the start, for death is the price we must pay for...

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REVIEW: Science Set Free

Ryan Matters In Science Set Free, Rupert Sheldrake sets out to probe the shaky foundations of materialist science and...

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REVIEW: To Vac or Novak That is The Question

Joanna Sharp So what do we do on a weekend evening of the New Normal? ‘To Vac or Novak....

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