Patrick J. Deneen, Progressive Pessimism, The Postliberal Order Christopher Caldwell, France on the Verge of Civil War: The rise of Éric Zemmour, Claremont Review of Books Marsall Auerback, The West must stay out of Ukraine, UnHerd el gato malo, is original antigenic sin starting to dominate covid? Bad Cattitude Laura Dodsworth, “Masks were to soften…

H/t: Catturd.

Initially, I had planned to begin this post with a concise and semi-lucid 26-paragraph screed about competition in the information space (the battle for influence), including the need to re-evaluate ‘our’ perception of propaganda – ‘It’s bad, mmmmkay.’ Given that I presently identify as a post-menopausal coffee bean, I’ve decided to get straight to something…

The following is crossposted with permission from Adam Piggott’s blog where it appears under the same title.  Dark Brightness is aghast at the snowballing tyranny that has taken over his beloved New Zealand. The resentment to the Ardern is increasing. She is starting to tell us that we can have our lives back — coffee, cake,…

h/t: William Briggs.

To the Most Reverend Mark Coleridge BA DSS, Archbishop of Brisbane Your Grace, I am a bad Catholic. I have been to Mass only a handful of times since a little before Easter of 2020; that is, since your embrace of the restrictions on Church attendance and your lifting on the Sunday Mass obligation. I…

Slowly but surely, evidence is emerging that the COVID vaccines are not fit for purpose. Once you focus on all-cause mortality rather than COVID deaths alone, the picture changes remarkably. His colleague, Prof Neil, explains the situation in this thread: Here is a longer discussion by Prof Fenton here: