Counter-Currents
Month: April 2025
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Karl von Blaas, Allegory of Self-Control, 1859
Karl von Blaas, Allegory of Self-Control, 1859
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(Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, Part 4 here, Part 5 here, Part 6 here, Part 7 here, Part 8 here, Part 9 here, Part 10 here, Part 11 here, Part 12 here, Part 13 here, Part 14 here)
Thus far, Callicles has maintained that it is right and just by nature for the strong to rule the weak and have more than their inferiors. Socrates has badgered Callicles to be specific about what, exactly, the “strength” of the natural ruler is. (more…)
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1,362 wordsJonathan Bowden was born 63 years ago today, on April 12, 1962. He died on March 29, 2012, just short of his 50th birthday. Jonathan was a painter, novelist, essayist, playwright, actor, and orator. He was also a friend. His ideas and personality have had a real and permanent impact on my approach to New Right metapolitics. I wonder what Jonathan would have written in the last thirteen years. I wonder what he would have made of Donald Trump, the Alt Right, Black Lives Matter, and other developments. We would have gained much from his insights and guidance. (more…)
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I saw a matinee of the feverishly hyped film Joker at a megaplex in rural Georgia on the first day of its official release. As we handed our tickets to the small, doughy, middle-aged female theater worker, she demanded to inspect my wife’s purse. (more…)
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Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli
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Socrates: Tell me, boy, do you know that a figure like this is a square?
Boy: I do.
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The decade of the 1970s coincided with my seventh through the seventeenth years. They made a strong impression on me, as those years of one’s life generally do. I remember a lot of what I saw, experienced, and thought about growing up. (more…)
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Laurie Anderson
Big Science
Warner Brothers, 1982In the Seventies, Laurie Anderson made a modest name for herself in the “performance art” scene. (more…)
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To be honest, it was really more of a panel discussion.
James is touring New Zealand with the Free Speech Union, speaking at events in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. I’m a former Free Speech Union employee and have made critical comments on social media about James’ use of the term “woke right”. (more…)
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This is London; and there are no fields. Only fields of operation and observation, only fields of electromagnetic attraction and repulsion, only fields of hatred and coercion.
-Martin Amis, London Fields
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In an era where reading is popularly promoted as a gateway to intelligence and success, it is necessary to interrogate the actual benefits of literacy beyond surface-level assumptions. While reading may improve verbal ability, it is not strongly associated with general intelligence (g), and its efficacy largely depends on how the knowledge acquired is utilized. (more…)
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Brigitte Macron (not Martin Lichtmesz)
Brigitte Macron (not Martin Lichtmesz)
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Greg Johnson and Martin Lichtmesz discussed Martin’s investigation into a conspiracy theory surrounding Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte. It is now available to download or listen to online. (more…)
