Tag: Issue 37

The Gulag Beckons

We have been told repeatedly to be reasonable, to compromise. But the new totalitarians do not seek dialogue with us; they seek submission. Every concession—every retracted tweet, every groveling apology, every updated syllabus—only emboldens them. What can we do? Alvino-Mario Fantini has some suggestions.

 An Effect of Benediction

Those of a certain age will remember with fondness the celebrations of Christmas past, not in a ghostly fashion, but with the interior warmth of the brandy-soaked Christmas pudding.

Storming the Cathedral: Curtis Yarvin

Fusionism is the COBOL of the Right. While it will live as long as its believers live, it is hard to imagine it making new converts. Even converts from the Left will go directly to the new Right.

Theoretical Hallucinations

I have spent my career debating Marxists of all shades. One small dose of Hegel and history is usually enough to sober them up. In our Gothic world of theoretical hallucinations, there is not even a chance of genuine debate. One must either consent to the hallucination or else shut up.