We Are All Pretending There Is No Emergency
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Perhaps we all know what just happened, but we are all pretending that it didn’t, from one of two perspectives - either pretending that everything is normal while... Read more.
The Country Without a Man
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In keeping with the narrative of the original story, a fitting response from ‘the Man’ would be to grant the government its wish. If they really never want to... Read more.
An Obituary for Andrew Daniels, Not His Real Name
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Dante’s conception of Hell finds the sinners, many of whom he knows as contemporaries, being subjected to eternal punishments which perfectly, exquisitely, justly... Read more.
Essential Reading for the Dissident, the Disenfranchised, the Disillusioned
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Stapleton’s book is a tale of supreme political hubris and arrogance, enough arrogance to imagine that a riot squad can control an airborne virus. Lewis brought... Read more.
Changing One Mind at a Time
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In an idle moment, I was looking through my emails, and came across this little exchange. In August 2022, the vax push was in full swing, despite the evidence of... Read more.
The Manipulation of the Public Mind
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Each of us is, way down, a black-box pool - our innermost thoughts and feelings known only to ourselves, and to God. Honouring that autonomy of thought, and decision... Read more.
Dignity Is Yours To Lose
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The extraordinary turmoil of the last three years, on the surface, is ebbing away. But the undercurrents are as strong as ever, dragging us further away from the... Read more.
The Criminalization of the Ordinary
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How can we go back to living in just one world? Was it all an illusion in the first place? Is it just that the veil has been drawn back, and now we (or I) see the... Read more.
Resolve to Think Carefully
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We should think about each and every suggestion, every directive, even (or perhaps especially) those that come with penalties for non-compliance. The world may have... Read more.
Plan A or Plan B?
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My Plan A, in the event of unsavoury political developments unfolding, such as it was, involved writing letters of protest to politicians and others. It wasn’t... Read more.
It Was Always About Control
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Once upon a time, we sweated on daily case numbers when the new cases per day were less than 10; now we barely think of them, and they are in the thousands, if not... Read more.
Relic of the Past or Embedded Dystopia?
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Let’s assume for the moment, though it’s by no means guaranteed, that the COVID era will in fact become a time-bound relic of the past, as opposed to an embedded... Read more.