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The CIA Does “Soulful Work”
Edward Curtin
Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a spate of books and articles extolling the word “soul” became...
People do not want war
Sylvia Shawcross
Hatred is born of fear and raised by ignorance. And that ignorance sprouts its tender leaves long before it...
Degenerate Art in New Normal Germany
C J Hopkins
One of the first things totalitarians do when they set about transforming a democratic society into whatever type of...
Oppositional Defiance
Todd Hayen
Remember the bad kids in high school? The ones who didn’t make it onto the honour roll or the...
Out of the Box
Sylvia Shawcross
With the end of winter comes a death rattle deep from the throat of the cold. It has sputtered...
Gaza: The End of the Jewish Joy Ride?
Michael Lesher
You almost want to feel sorry for Israel’s professional apologists in mainstream media these days. Their job, a fetid...
The Rabbi’s Tear
Michael Lesher Until very recently, I thought I could no longer be shocked by any news about Israel’s savagery...
A Plague of Saints
J R Leach
In the digital age, the incessant calls to action reverberate across the virtual landscape, summoning legions of fervent warriors...
When “Good for You” is Too Good
Todd Hayen The ultimate “good for you” is to be dead. At least that is what it would be...
Communism? Sure, Why Not?
Todd Hayen I read Marx and Engels’ The Communist Manifesto when I was 17, and I got detention for...
The Dark Days of Winter
Sylvia Shawcross Out there the freezing rain settles crystals on the high snow and in the trees and dens...
Maslow and His Unclimbable Pyramid
Todd Hayen Everyone knows Maslow and his pyramid of needs, right? Don’t feel bad if you don’t; it is...
Jordan B Peterson: The Reflection I Never Wished to See
J R Leach In the dusty corridors of intellectual exploration, I, an avid follower of Jordan B Peterson’s insights...
The Hug of the Smug
Sylvia Shawcross When you grow older it is almost arduous trying to remember what once was. I was trying...
Jesus, Gaza, and the Murder of Useless People
Edward Curtin Jesus was a Palestinian Jew born in Bethlehem. He grew up in Nazareth and was executed as...
Getting Away With It
Todd Hayen Any of us who pay even the least bit of attention has been made aware of the...
Trauma Nation
Todd Hayen We now are all suffering from acute trauma, in a trauma nation. I would venture to say...
What We Are Not Allowed to Say
Christine Black
Censorship imperils cultures and civilization. When governments and elites prohibit speaking or writing without threats, shaming, or epithets meant...
Lies, Lies, and More Lies
Todd Hayen I was eight years old when John Kennedy was murdered. I remember getting the call from my...
A Guffaw In Need of Being
Sylvia Shawcross The rains of November are cold but the snows of November are colder. It is said that...
