Epstein’s Gates to Pandemonium
Epstein brings to mind a darkness that involved horrible violence to children and, most likely, explicit invocation of powerful evil forces. Gates and Epstein, pandemic and pandemonium, may be closer than we thought.
On Waking Up to a Nightmare
It is all the more imperative that, instead of shrinking back in fear when we behold the nightmare, we confront it. The act of doing so openly instead of ignoring it, effectively denying its existence, is an act of resisting it.
What Autism Is Not
Appreciation of structures and arrangements requires precisely the same baseline aptitude that is required by appreciation of thoughts and feelings – and it is this baseline aptitude that autistic people lack.
Scott Adams and Intellectual Courage
Adams was an early dissident and among the most famous. He showed the way. To make sure that he is not an example for others, reliable ruling-class venues made sure to attempt to humiliate him in death.
When They Closed the Churches
I doubt that many prelates would appreciate a young priest telling his flock that their bishop “betrayed” them. Yet that kind of public confession in every parish is what we need to renew our faith in this season of penance.
At the Movies, But for How Long?
As much as I enjoyed the film, I couldn’t help but wonder how much worse going to the movies was going to get. I couldn’t help but ask myself: How much longer would I be going to the movies at all?
Did the Draconian Lockdowns Kill More People than Covid-19?
There were early warnings, but they were not heeded. Ten months into the pandemic, the World Bank estimated that it had caused an increase of about 100 million people living in extreme poverty, and poverty kills.
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Giving Tuesday
They are counting on our exhaustion. On the contrary, we are ready for the next stage with a confident voice for change. Let us be that voice for you with your support, even as you work in your local community.
We Need to Do Better Than Another Enlightenment
We won’t throw off our new and different shackles by romanticizing the oppressive societies in which these masterpieces were born. We had better aim for something far more noble than the past.
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Rise and Fall of the Neuralink Society
Totalitarianism is ultimately a campaign against the Soul. It represents a law elevated to absurdity, a rule that has lost all touch with love. It forces life into servitude; it transforms man into a soulless machine.
To Bear Witness after Institutional Betrayal
The work of Gail Seiler and Teresa Cichewicz reminds us that even in the face of systemic failure, truth, conscience, and human dignity can still be defended. It feels fitting that the Betrayal Project’s emblem is a lighthouse.
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Universal Basic Income: Make Slavery Great Again
Government UBI will happen – it already does to some extent. It will not be cash handouts but digital currency. Your UBI will be yours as long as you use it for what the government allows.
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