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Inevitable
Todd Hayen
I used to believe that the only way we were going to get out of this mess was to...
Divide and Conquer: Political Riptides Threaten to Overwhelm the Nation
John & Nisha Whitehead
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes...
Four-Level Decentralised Government
Antony Alexander
It was good to see writer and broadcaster Iain Davis back at Off-Guardian (21/11/24), this time with some interesting...
It’s Just Not Possible
Todd Hayen
Since when have human beings developed this belief that no one in power could possibly be corrupt, or have...
The Meaning of Life is Not Happiness
Todd Hayen
I can’t tell you the number of times every day I hear from clients in my practice, “All I...
Death, But Not As We Knew It
Sinéad Murphy
On Saturday 21st September, my neighbour collapsed and died while walking the hills of Northumberland. The coroner’s report confirmed...
Salty Tires
Sylvia Shawcross
The person next door to me built a monster-like home. It towers over me like a deep purple, well…...
The Danger Is Real: The Deep State’s Plot to Destabilize the Nation Is Working
John & Nisha Whitehead
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out … without...
Straight Pride
Todd Hayen
As it is, I am not allowed to be proud of my heterosexuality. In truth, it is not something...
Brace Yourselves: A Tsunami Approaches
John & Nisha Whitehead
“What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to...
The Evolution of Convenience
Todd Hayen
Are humans headed for extinction? When we stop evolving both physically and psychologically, where will we be? It is...
A flare for the traumatic
Sylvia Shawcross
It was too cold. That’s all I’m saying. It has been a long and rather temperate summer and these...
Disinformation Isn’t the Problem. Government Coverups and Censorship Are the Problem
John & Nisha Whitehead
“What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed;...
Social Pathology
Todd Hayen
We, as a society, are rotting away, and most people don’t even know it, and if they do, they...
Only Whales should be in Pods
Sylvia Shawcross
And so, I had my cup of coffee and the cat was fed and the morning looked grimly cloudy...
There Be Dragons
Todd Hayen
I’ve lived most of my long life asleep. I was 8 years old when JFK was assassinated. It wasn’t...
“Overthrowing the Constitution”: All Sides Are Waging War on Our Freedoms
John & Nisha Whitehead
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but...
It’s All About the Story
Todd Hayen
I am beginning to realize it is a dangerous assumption to think that people actually want to know the...
The New Normal Right
CJ Hopkins
OK, this will be one of my non-satirical essays … or mostly non-satirical essays. It will serve as a...
Remember when Matt Taibbi Called 9/11 Truthers “Hopelessly Stupid”?
VN Alexander
I came out as a truther in 2015 with my 9/11 novel, Locus Amoenus. It wasn’t an easy decision. I...
