In Defense of Sargon
UPDATE: I have retracted the view I expressed in this piece, in light of further information. To me, Carl "Sargon of Akkad" Benjamin is much like Christopher Hitchens: I don't…
Cursed Are The Peace-Enforcers
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. --Matthew 5:9 Everyone looks up to the work of "peace-making," whether it is for secular humanitarian justifications…
The Moral Con
The creators of Cards Against Humanity recently pulled an interesting and illustrative stunt. They purchased land on the Mexican border, with the goal of preventing the Mexican border wall. "Donald Trump…
A Question of Violence: The Problem of Coed Dominance Hierarchies
Jordan Peterson's recent interview with Camille Paglia contained this gemstone of an insight: Here's the problem: I know how to stand up to a man, who's unfairly trespassed against me,…
Laws for the Tribal New Right
The following is a list of guidelines for the success of New Right organizations. They are designed to emulate Jante Law and Vox Day's 16 Points: they are non-binding, but…
Religious Practicalities
Anyone who has been following the Alt Right internal politics will no doubt be getting a little peeved by the infighting and edge-lording that is coming dangerously close to defining…
Vanity and Improvement: An Ethical Evaluation of the Gym-Selfie
Pride may be a sin, but its true nature isn't how we're used to thinking about it: She says 'I've come of age as a writer in a time when…
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The Violent Artwork of Cleon Peterson
"I'm just trying to communicate strength and aggression through the least amount of strokes as possible." - Cleon Peterson, July 2016 When Andrew Breitbart asserted that politics is downstream from culture,…
Golden Let-Downs
There's something ironically reminiscent of the Obama years, in the expressions of outrage and betrayal by formerly loyal supporters. We should not be too hard on them -- or on…
English professor Duke Pesta has been a vocal and high-profile opponent of the Common Core standards He is shown Thursday, April 3, 2014 in his office at UW-Oshkosh in Oshkosh, Wis. Mark Hoffman/MHOFFMAN@JOURNALSENTINEL.COM
The Autodidact’s Apology
In the course of my research into the origins of the problems of higher education, and of education itself, I have discovered people far older, wiser, more experienced, and more…