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Aug 2

Alexander Dugin: “Putin’s Brain” and Anti-American Pseudointellectual

“Putin’s Rasputin or not, Alexander Dugin is a serious scholar, a genuine intellectual, and a provocative social scientist who may be not unworthily pronounced the most formidable theoretical opponent of Western liberalism since Lenin,” writes political scientist Mark R. Royce. In this review of Dugin’s book The Fourth Political Theory…

Russia

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Alexander Dugin: “Putin’s Brain” and Anti-American Pseudointellectual
Alexander Dugin: “Putin’s Brain” and Anti-American Pseudointellectual
Russia

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Jul 23

Three Classic Poems About Russia And Ukraine, Translated

Farewell, Unwashed Russia By Russian Romantic poet Mikhail Lermontov, known for his intimate relationship with the Caucasus. Now fare thee well, thou unwashed Russia, Thou land of slaves and land of lords, You uniforms of sky-blue colour, Thou nation of their willing wards. Perhaps I can escape thy pashas Behind…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Jul 5

American Conservative Atheists, Past and Present

If there is one breed of content of which the Internet has enough, it is listicles — and yet, Google seems powerless to provide a list of prominent conservative atheists. With irreligion on the rise in America and elsewhere, the invisibility of the nonreligious within the conservative bloc risks alienating…

Atheism

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Atheism

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Jun 9

Time for Mankind to Leave Islam Behind

This essay is not an argument for some religion other than Islam. There is something of the Randian in me, and I believe that religious faith, with its rejection of reason, is inherently harmful. In an ideal world, there would be no religious faith, but only religion in the form…

Islam

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Time for Mankind to Leave Islam Behind
Time for Mankind to Leave Islam Behind
Islam

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Jun 2

Rightism versus Leftism: Moral Differences?

I recently came upon an interesting article by Jillian Becker, editor of “The Atheist Conservative.” The piece is entitled “Communism is Secular Christianity.” With a title as self-explanatory as that, I need hardly explain what Mrs. Becker’s main thesis is. …

Politics

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Rightism versus Leftism: Moral Differences?
Rightism versus Leftism: Moral Differences?
Politics

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Jun 1

Conservative Atheist Drops Huge Truth Bombs

I am very late late to the party here, but this story is just too golden not to get a post from me. Some three years ago, earth-shaking outrage broke out in leftist quarters over, of all things, an introduction to an anthology of fantasy stories. Robert M. Price, a…

Atheism

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Conservative Atheist Drops Huge Truth Bombs
Conservative Atheist Drops Huge Truth Bombs
Atheism

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May 31

More Antisemitism in Russia?

A year ago to the day, an article of mine entitled “Anti-Semitism and conspiracy theories are now at the heart of Russian politics” was published on the website Redaction Report. …

Anti Semitism

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More Antisemitism in Russia?
More Antisemitism in Russia?
Anti Semitism

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May 30

Russia Slides Towards Barbarism, Ukraine Squares Up

The last fortnight or so has brought us some of the most memorable moments in Valdimir Putin’s war against Ukraine. Certain of them are consequential, whereas others are simply illustrative in their insanity. What follows is an overview of just a few of the most interesting events. On May 18…

Ukraine

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Russia Slides Towards Barbarism, Ukraine Squares Up
Russia Slides Towards Barbarism, Ukraine Squares Up
Ukraine

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Dec 22, 2022

Tucker Carlson’s Phony Christianing for Russia

Tucker Carlson established himself as a purveyor of piffle about the war in Ukraine long ago, but one of his recent segments on Fox News is especially egregious. Here, Carlson concentrates on arguing that the Ukrainian government is a dictatorship bent on oppressing Christians. This is not, however, his only…

Religion

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Tucker Carlson’s Phony Christianing for Russia
Tucker Carlson’s Phony Christianing for Russia
Religion

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Dec 14, 2022

Western Hesitancy on Ukraine Looks Increasingly Stupid

About two months ago, I spotlighted the irrationality of much of the knee-jerk opposition to aiding Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion. This has not changed — the widespread, reflexive “Ukraine skepticism,” as I called it then, has grown even more obviously foolish. As I write this, news…

Russia

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Western Hesitancy on Ukraine Looks Increasingly Stupid
Western Hesitancy on Ukraine Looks Increasingly Stupid
Russia

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