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Death’s Secretary Tries to Forget on Cape Cod
Edward Curtin We have come to Cape Cod for a few days to forget the man-made world that is...
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...
Although Scarred by Violence, We Must Not Be Scared into Silence
Edward Curtin The world has been haunted by human violence since time immemorial. There are untold millions (billions?) of...
On the Day of Departure
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For my dear friend, Graeme MacQueen, the great 9/11 writer, who departed yesterday from life’s mystery to the other....
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: To Heal the Great Divide
Edward Curtin It has been fifty-five years since Senator Robert F. Kennedy stepped onto the presidential nominating stage to...
Faust Walks Out on Easter Morning
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“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...
The Pentagon’s B-Movie: Looking Closely at the September 2001 Attacks
Edward Curtin This new book by Graeme MacQueen (click here for a free e-copy) contains a collection of his articles...
Quoth the Vultures “Evermore”
Edward curtin On the short roof outside the bedroom window, two black vultures sit, staring in. They have come...
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
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“No one knows who will live in this [iron] cage in the future….” Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and...
The New York Times is Orwell’s Ministry of Truth
Edward Curtin “Ingsoc. The sacred principles of ingsoc. Newspeak, double-speak, the mutability of the past.” – George Orwell, 1984 As...
Lucid Summations When Tomorrow Is Today and MLK Day
Edward Curtin “What they [regular people] need, and what they feel they need, is a quality of mind that...
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...
Tucker Carlson and the JFK Allegations
Edward Curtin On December 15, the night that the Biden administration released some of the remaining JFK files while...
A Gift of Words
Edward Curtin “The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make...
OffG’s Tribute to David Ray Griffin
OffGuardian has been privileged to feature the work of David Ray Griffin several times in our history. So when...
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...
Who Knew: We’re Here Because We’re Here Because We’re Here Because We’re Here
Edward Curtin My title comes from a song sung by soldiers as they marched to hell in the trenches of World...
Self-Destructive Social Habits, Loneliness, and Propaganda
Edward Curtin “We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!”...
