Through a Genetic Lens, Darkly
Not so much a ‘missing link’ as a jigsaw piece we didn’t even know was missing.
History
Using Sacred Ground to Peddle Lies
A shrine for the dead is being turned into a seminar for the living grievance industry.
Edith Sampson vs the Illusions of Communism
As socialist and communist sympathizers threaten to take over the Democratic Party, it would be a good thing if its leadership could muster some of the common sense and courage of one of their own, Edith Sampson.
The Legless Pilot
Douglas Bader was not a perfect man: he was arrogant, stubborn, and frequently rude. Yet, it was precisely this difficult nature that allowed him to achieve the impossible. He proved that true strength lives in an unbroken spirit that looks at a wall of rules and decides to fly right over it.
The Shroud Was a Mediaeval Petrie Dish
New research finds… just about everything on the Shroud of Turin.
The Cage You Reach For
What Brave New World got right, what Huxley never found, and the room the machine can’t enter.
Tupperware Has Returned After Four Years Away
Most Kiwi cupboards would like to dispute the claim that it ever left.
When Paris Went Hungry Under Government Food Controls
During the French Revolution, authorities in Paris turned to “a series of ventures in price-fixing and food control” to ensure people did not go hungry. It didn’t work as planned.
Morens and the Problem of Obedience
Ultimately the fight is between free servants of the truth and those who are slaves to lies, and the fight for truth is always worth whatever it may cost us. Just ask Maximillian Kolbe, priest and martyr.
How the Frankfurt School Brought Us Here
The Long March through the Institutions in practice.
War Has Never Been Nice
Not when it involved a lance to the goolies or getting squashed like a bug.
Watching ‘No One Cares About Crazy People’ Will Change You
Problem solved, no. But problem met head-on, yes.
Constant Demands for Respect Produce the Opposite
Sacred, tapu, tūpuna and floating ghosts.
The Long and the Hard of ‘SEXINT’
How turning an inadequate dictator into a fake pornstar backfired.
