Dog Wisdom (Deep Resistance Part 2)
Having achieved a satisfied mind, having settled on the values one has tested and found durable, the world can throw a lot at you without really shaking you.
Israel cannot be a colonial power and a democracy
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé reframes ‘the only democracy in the Middle East’ as a colonizing force that is inherently undemocratic due to its necessary subjugation of Palestinians.
Criminality in the White House: The Rise of the Political Psychopath
Charismatic politicians have a high sense of self-worth, are chronically unstable, have socially deviant lifestyles, need constant stimulation, have parasitic lifestyles and possess unrealistic goals.
Deep Resistance: Philosophical Practices of Sanity (Part 1)
If all we want is some sex and some stuff, then the regime need not fear us, because we are creatures of fear with no ultimate resources to resist (compliant slaves).
The law firm helping Big Oil weaponize the First Amendment
Gibson Dunn is “playing both sides” of free speech, using it to defend fossil fuel companies and silence the industry’s critics.
The Benefits and Triumph of Public Domain Over Disney
Few symbols have stood the test of time like Disney’s iconic Mickey Mouse. But beneath the cheerful exterior of this beloved character lies a fiercely guarded empire, a testament to Disney’s unyielding efforts to extend the copyright of its most famous resident.
Why Lying to Yourself is Ruining Your Life
Manipulating our memories to deceive ourselves goes further than mere denial of a memory, many people will go as far as to create false memories to diminish mental pain and to resolve cognitive dissonance.
1984/2024 – The hidden hope in Orwell’s warning
It’s up to us to draw inspiration from our ancestral memory of natural order, to see through the system’s lies, to band together in small groups and form knots of resistance that will keep the tattered flag of freedom flying proudly in the years to come.
More Arms to Israel
No Congressional Approval Required
Israel’s Genocide Betrays the Holocaust
By obscuring and falsifying the lessons of the Holocaust we perpetuate the evil that defined it.
Our Changing Earth
Environmental changes may present a double jeopardy to pollinator populations, as they become victims of both the changes themselves and of plant trait evolution.
Seeing the whole truth with a three-dimensional outlook
We need to understand why it is that that such concepts have been declared illegitimate by a contemporary pseudo-philosophy which has evolved within a system built on lies, emptiness, ugliness, evil, artifice and superficiality.