This Is Why Our Leaders Should Be Stoic
It was a dark time for the Republic. Institutions had stopped working. Interminable foreign wars dragged on. Norms—the old way…
Was Winston Churchill “The Greatest Briton”? A Short Claymation Looks at the Darker Side of the Prime Minister’s Life
“In 1962, when British filmmaker Richard Attenborough began researching what would become his 1982 Gandhi film,” writes Lauren Frayer at…
Sunday Firesides: Not Everything Is Political
Before there was politics, there was sex and love, games and sports, spirituality and art, glory and honor. As civilization…
‘Successful’ People Are Misery Super-Spreaders
Caitlin JOHNSTONE “We are led by the least among us – the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary.…
Julian Assange, Prometheus Bound
He is being punished not for stealing fire – but for exposing power under the light of truth and provoking…
Jim Carrey Pens Striking Political Essay Urging Americans to Vote Out Trump
“Too many Americans support Trump because he appeals to their basest and most primitive urges.” In a new essay for…
Modern ‘Ai’: Love and Socialism in Republican China
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006078/modern-ai-love-and-socialism-in-republican-china Although most often linked to Christianity, early 20th century political leaders like Sun Yat-sen imbued the concept of “universal…