1. We really need to stop using the language of the other side. Among other things, I really hate when people use the term 'divisive' or list 'being divided' as one of the major problems we currently face. See, that implies that the dispute is the problem, not the content of one side or the … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Consequences
Author: DBreitenbeck
Theory vs Reality
How Liberal Societies are Supposed to Work: Where every man can stand up with dignity and be heard How they actually work:
Superman Cartoons
Between depression and job hunting, been really behind on writing. So instead of any new original fiction, I'm just plugging along offering you works I like. And I've got a treat for you today: the first three of Dave and Max Fleischer's original Superman cartoons. My goodness, the artistry on these old cartoons is amazing. … Continue reading Superman Cartoons
Friday Flotsam: Collective Authority
1. The modern world feels like being walled up in an asylum that's been taken over by the inmates. Except the inmates are not just insane, but smug, sanctimonious, and completely disconnected from reality. 2. Collective ownership cannot work as a system for multiple reasons, but chiefly because someone has to enforce the collective ownership, … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Collective Authority
Miracle of the Vistula
In August 1920, newly independent Poland stood all-but alone against the newly risen monster of the Soviet Union. The Soviets were looking to eliminate the old bastion of the Church from their borders, as well as give themselves a route to foment and take advantage of the chaos in Germany, hoping to spark a Communist … Continue reading Miracle of the Vistula
The Introvert and the Extrovert
A startlingly accurate image of how the former expects the latter to react:
Exceptionalism vs. Patriotism at the Everyman
Wherein I tackle American exceptionalism and try to explain why we need to give up on the idea: I don’t say this just because our system of government and society barely resembles that which existed at the nation’s founding (even allowing for the passage of time and development of technology). Nor because we have recently … Continue reading Exceptionalism vs. Patriotism at the Everyman
R.E. Howard: Skulls in the Stars
For this Saturday's entertainment, here's one of Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane stories: Skulls in the Stars Credit: Guillem H. Pongiluppi, Art Station He told how murders walk the earthBeneath the curse of Cain,With crimson clouds before their eyesAnd flames about their brain:For blood has left upon their soulsIts everlasting stain.—Hood I There are two … Continue reading R.E. Howard: Skulls in the Stars
Friday Flotsam: Don’t Like ‘Like, Comment, and Subscribe’
1. More and more it seems to me that where modern psychology is correct, it ends up being a complicated way of saying the same thing that Old Wives and monks have said for time immemorial. This week I watched a couple videos on dopamine, its affect on brain, and the means to counteract it, … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Don’t Like ‘Like, Comment, and Subscribe’
Thought of the Day: The Elephant in the Room
We supposedly know more today than ever before about human behavior and society. We know more than ever about how the brain actually works, what people actually want and need, and we've been steadily throwing off more and more of the old taboos, prejudices, and superstitions that once ruled our lives. The elephant in the … Continue reading Thought of the Day: The Elephant in the Room
Serpent's Den 