Helpfully, Christwire has posted a list of warning signs that a man might be gay. Regular readers...
Rufus F.
Rufus is a likeable curmudgeon. He has a PhD in History, sang for a decade in a punk band, and recently moved to NYC after nearly two decades in Canada. He wrote the book "The Paris Bureau" from Dio Press (2021).
An Alternet article profiles “Ten Young Right-Wingers Being Prepped to Take Over the Conservative Movement“- #6 is...
Bemoaning the “nanny state”, Andrew Sullivan highlights a recent story about posters for a Will Ferrel comedy being...
We’ve reached the end of Empire of Illusion. Throughout the previous chapters, Chris Hedges has argued that...
Phaedrus is a masterful dialogue that it’s impossible to do justice to. Here Plato is at the...
Recently, I asked if there had been a recent uptick in people protesting Islam and the building...
This is the first one of these I’ve done, mostly because my musical tastes are not very...
As any blog-reader can attest, there’s something very satisfying about a good thorough debunking. Seeing a smart...
Plato’s dialogue Ion is brief and seems to address a rather trifling question: Do poets know what...
Lately, I’ve read a number of news stories about this sort of thing. Out of curiosity, has...
At this point in the book, it’s becoming more evident to me that Chris Hedges is a...
It’s striking that in recent years America has become familiar with a major theme in Euripides: namely,...
The Westboro Baptist Church decided to picket Comic Con 2010 for some reason. (God probably hates anime.)...
[Note: This post discusses the second chapter of the book Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges, which...
E.D., I have a great amount of respect for your frequent calls for us to rise above...
For those reading along at home, this CBC podcast has a great interview with Chris Hedges about...
I think it’s time we start collectively chewing on Chris Hedge’s book “Empire of Illusion”. I’d like...
Rivaling the problems of John Stagliano in the U.S., Quebec make-up effects artist Rémy Couture is facing criminal...
After a war, for the conquered, comes unfathomable fate. The ceasefire is rarely absolute when directed at...
In a recent post, Jason poses good questions about Confucius and how we view history more generally....
