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Greg Johnson welcomed Andrew George of ChildFree By Choice to Counter-Currents Radio to discuss his unique crowd-funding platform. It is now available to download or listen to online. (more…)
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Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 classic The Godfather is one of the most commercially successful, critically lionized, and culturally influential films of all time. It is also filled with important political insights that are useful to the Right.
Based on Mario Puzo’s 1969 novel of the same name, The Godfather was filmed on location in New York City and Sicily. It stars Marlon Brando as the godfather Vito Corleone, Al Pacino as Vito’s youngest son Michael, James Caan as his oldest son Santino (“Sonny”), (more…)
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Talk is cheap.
“Moral” = Conforming to a standard of right behavior.
“Vocabulary” = words used on a particular occasion or in a particular sphere.
“Progressive” = person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas. (more…)
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I am feeling a bit reflective these days. Perhaps it is because of the research I am currently involved in, or perhaps it is the state of the world in general.
After Sweden recently announced plans to acquire new land for burials in the case of war, it now appears to be Great Britain’s turn. I found the outrage about reusing ordinary graves somewhat curious. It’s certainly a matter of custom. (more…)
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Trump is off to a great start. He and his gun Moll, Melania, got right down to business. Share your thoughts about the Inauguration and his first day below.
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From a very early age, certainly long before reaching puberty or understanding the mechanics of human reproduction, I had ample opportunities for observing women’s desire to be attractive to men. It was hard to miss, even for a child. Department stores featured long counters packed with ladies’ cosmetics and perfumes. (more…)
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In early June of 1990, the Navidsons flew to Seattle for a wedding. When they returned, something in the house had changed. Though they had only been away for four days, the change was enormous. It was not, however, obvious—like for instance a fire, a robbery, or an act of vandalism. Quite the contrary, the horror was atypical.
-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves
I would rather not go
Back to the old house.
There’s too many bad memories.
-The Smiths, “Back to the Old House” (more…)
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Many of us remember “ABC,” the salesman motto from the 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross. It stands for “Always Be Closing.” A salesman should never waste time chatting with a prospective client, and focus always on closing the deal. This is all that matters. (more…)
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The auguries, which were so often used for the purposes of political obstruction or intrigue.
-Goldwin Smith, Lectures and Essays
I behold the surest pledges that as on one side, no local prejudices, or attachments; no separate views, nor party animosities, will misdirect the comprehensive and equal eye which ought to watch over this great assemblage of communities and interests.
-George Washington, 1789 Inaugural Address (more…)
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Biden is out. Trump is in. Is that a good thing for those of us who wonder if we were awake for the last four years or in an extended nightmare populated by a rogues’ gallery of psychopaths, racketeers, grafters, swindlers, weirdos and sundry lowlifes? (more…)
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Diane Ravitch
The Death and Life of the Great American School System:
How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education
New York, NY: Basic Books, 2010
Ask almost anyone about the state of education in the United States (or even more broadly across Western countries) and they will express concern over low test scores, students being unprepared for college and the workplace, and a lack of civil and cultural knowledge. (more…)
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While Prime Minister Chirac’s successful re-engineering of the electoral system in his own interest damaged the Front National (as it was intended to do), the FN had no intention of giving up or going away, fortified as it was by its strong contingent of European deputies. (more…)
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1. This Saturday’s Counter-Currents Radio
Greg Johnson welcomes Andrew George of Child-Free By Choice to Counter-Currents Radio to discuss his unique crowd-funding platform, plus your questions.
Join us at noon Pacific/3 PM Eastern/9 PM Central European Time on: