The Pervert’s Guide to Philosophy
Costin Alamariu’s (AKA Bronze Age Pervert's) doctoral dissertation is attracting a lot of interest but it doesn’t add up to much.
Oliver Traldi
· 19 min read
Art and Culture
A collection of 726 posts
The Greatest American Western Novel of All
Elmer Kelton’s ‘The Time It Never Rained’ is an overlooked classic.
Kevin Mims
· 13 min read
The Long Road to Aquitaine
In the fifth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes the conclusion to the Visigoths’ four-decade quest for a permanent homeland.
Herbert Bushman
· 13 min read
Concealed Carry
For more than five centuries, the humble pocket has changed the way we equip ourselves to face the world.
Virginia Postrel
· 7 min read
Humanism and Its Discontents
Humanism aspires to ethical universalism but in practice it is defined by what it opposes and excludes.
Robert Huddleston
· 10 min read
The Great Napoleonic Novel
“It’s a sin to want to die for a nation.”
Josh Allan
· 8 min read
Anti-Enlightenment Thinking, Past and Present
The Enlightenment was as remarkable as it was unexpected, but it led directly to the benefits we enjoy today.
Adam Wakeling
· 9 min read
United Against the Iroquois
In the fourteenth instalment of his series on the history of Canada, Greg Koabel describes Champlain’s military alliance with France’s new Innu, Algonquin, and Wendat trading partners.
Greg Koabel
· 24 min read
Joseph Boyden Isn’t Indigenous. But his Historical Fiction Is Still Worth Reading
The author’s widely celebrated 2013 novel, ‘The Orenda,’ helped educate Canadians about their country’s colonial roots. It shouldn’t be cast into literary oblivion just because Boyden misrepresented his ancestry.
Andy Lamey
· 34 min read
The Kind of Man Your Mother Warned You About
Why women love true crime.
Robert King
· 10 min read
Faking Hope: AI Art as Propaganda
There is a new contender for the most effective weapon in the propaganda wars: photorealistic, generative AI art.
Julia Friedman
· 8 min read
A Roman Trauma
In the fourth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ podcaster Herbert Bushman describes the Visigothic sack of Rome in 410 C.E.
Herbert Bushman
· 17 min read
An Eye for the Jugular
A new documentary looks back on the life and work of satirist, novelist, and New Journalist, Tom Wolfe.
Thomas Doherty
· 11 min read
Betraying Their Maverick Roots, Fringe Festivals Have Become Ideological Gatekeepers
A former artistic director of the Nanaimo Fringe Festival describes how transgender activists engineered her ouster.
Bryony Dixon
· 10 min read
British and Black
Contemporary antiracism imposes an American framework that distorts our understanding of racial issues in different countries.
Ralph Leonard
· 12 min read