Normalmancing the Aftermath
by David Oates We are entering the aftermath. Two of the most epic and wrenching struggles in American history are…
The Never-Ending Story
https://www.unz.com/article/the-never-ending-story/ “I command the Jews not to agitate for anything beyond that which they have hitherto enjoyed, and not from…
Gangsterism as Foreign Policy: Assassinations Are Becoming the New Norm
Patrick COCKBURN I was in Israel on 4 November 1995 when a student named Yigal Amir assassinated the Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin as…
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.…