Archive - Civilization and its Discontents

The Declaration of Independence

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

Jul 8 •

June 2025

Liberals pile on Mamdani

The far right wants him in Guantanamo. Liberals want him to swear loyalty to Zionism.

Jun 29 •

The New York mayoral race

An OK outcome, but one that will change nothing

Jun 25 •

Trump's and Israel's tag team war on Iran

How the US and Israel are bringing the world to the brink of a world war, with bipartisan support

Jun 24 •

Kriegsfibel: War Primer

Bertholt Brecht, 1940

Jun 24 •

Once upon a time

Any resemblance to actual persons or states, living, dead, or on the way to hell, is purely coincidental.

Jun 21 •

Down the slippery slope we go

Another witch hunt amid the many attacks on civil liberties

Jun 20 •

The Captains' Coup

great account of the Carnation "revolution"

Jun 15 •

Looking beyond the Democratic Party

Join something the autocrats really fear

Jun 13 •

The Nazi Seizure of Power

Check your calendar again: it's 1933

Jun 11 •

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Gaza

War crimes, genocide, empire, racism, and the falsification of history

Jun 10 •

And for those already here, make them citizens

Jun 9 •

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