UFOs, Dinosaurs, and Groundhogs , a Podcast
America’s superstitious obsession with forecasting the future.
Author: Thomas Fleming
A Pagan Reads John, V: The Kingdom of God
Joannes tells us that many Jews at this time, seeing the signs, put their trust in Jesus. I asked a Roman friend, familiar with the sect, what they meant by “put their trust,” and he used the Roman verb “credere,” but that rathe begs the question. I don’t have to tell you that our word pisteuo does not mean simply to think something is so, as in, “I believe you are right” or “I believe Socrates is wise” or “Zeus is god.”….
A Pagan Reads John, IV: The First Sign
I do not know how much you have heard about this Jewish savior Jesus. Like others of his calling, he is said to possess magical qualities. In the stories I have heard about wonder-workers, the point of the miracle is usually to show how powerful the divine teacher is, and there is not much more to it.
America in Chains: The Oppression of the Competent
Oppressive regimes of every type are characterized by the persecution of subjects who are distinguished by birth, nobility of character, or ability, while favoritism is shown to the powerless and incompetent
Autodidact: Shakespeare Against the Whigs
Part II added 2 February
In the bad old days, so the argument runs, there was no equality of rights, and people were judged on the basis of status. All that was eliminated in the quest for law, and we now live in a country where people cannot claim privileges and advantages on the strength of their sex, gender, race, religion, or ethnicity. It is a wonderful thing to understand just how much better we are today than all those funny old people in the Dark Ages.
Ukraine: Deja Vu.
Ukraine will never be an independent nation–or even any kind of nation. It is nothing more than a sandbox where NATO and Russia play their games. Where a line is drawn between the two subject spheres is not a matter of right and wrong but of who is to be master.
America in Chains: Emigration, Immigration, and Alienation
Umberto Bossi, when he was the head of the Italian Lega Nord, scandalized the developed world when he pointed out that “la classe dirigente” welcomed waves of illegal immigrants precisely because the problems they create require the constant expansion of the state and, thus, of their own power and wealth.
A Pagan Reads John: We Meet The First Disciples
Several things might strike you as strange. First, with the exception of Simon, they have Greek names. That is not uncommon in Galilee and Judaea, but one might have expected the followers of one or another religious fanatic to bear Jewish names. Secondly, none of them appears to be at all distinguished by birth, wealth or learning
America in Chains VIII: Dispossession
Conquests and revolutions almost inevitably entail massive looting such as took place during and, especially, after the America War Between the States, and the demolition of the existing legal order provides a legal justification for despoiling the natives.
America in Chains, VII
When an Old Order is overturned by conquering aliens or revolutionized by an alienated segment of the population, any legal principle or institution that affords protection to the former dominant people will have to be reconstructed, undermined, or destroyed.
