Thinking about ‘Mental Health’ and ‘Enlightenment’
Listening to some Americana and Folk this morning. . . I do not speak as an “enlightened” person with all the answers. I am just an ordinary person, and I […]
First Black Service Chief in U.S. Military History Shares Moving Message on Race in America
Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. message must not be forgotten after one week. The general was confirmed to serve as a service chief in the U.S. military for the first […]
Bhagavan Das on the Evils Of Nationalism
Liberals used to be nationalists too, but these nationalists were also cosmopolitans, internationalists, patriotic, lovers of antiquity, who romanticized the Golden Ages of ancient civilizations. In our day, liberals have […]
Hitler’s Military Blunders and His call for the triumph of Labor
In The National Socialist Revolution we get a visual of Germany, the hopes and aspirations of the time, what principally motivated Adolf Hitler, and what he envisioned after the victory […]
The Lost History of Liberalism From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century | Helena Rosenblatt
“I have been reading and thinking about liberalism for so long it would be impossible to list and thank all the scholars whose work has informed and shaped mine.” (HELENA […]
Death in June: Unconditional Armistice
Hilariously Perfect… “Can I trust a human? Can I trust his soul? Like pigs they link together Like pigs in a sausage roll They all think they’re individuals They all […]
Everyone now sees fascists
An excerpt from Brendan O’Neill’s essay, Bolsonaro is not a fascist, on the danger of branding everyone a fascist; something rather than genuinely foreboding, becoming a sign of intellectual laziness. […]
Columbia (American Minerva) and the Fasces in Harper’s Weekly “Reconstruction” for Equal Rights (1868)
EQUAL RIGHTS ADVOCACY “Reconstruction” by German-born American political cartoonist, Thomas Nast illustrates the Southern states being brought back into order with the North under the ancient symbol of collective power, […]
How Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party won Germany and Tactics used to Censor Press in a Totalitarian State, William L. Shirer
“No class or group or party in Germany could escape its share of responsibility for the abandonment of the democratic Republic and the advent of Adolf Hitler. The cardinal error […]
Confucian Philosopher Mencius on Dealing with Tyrannical Rulers
Mengzi 孟子 (372–289 BCE) on corruption and brutal rulers taught, that we must be moved by a moral disposition to do good, understand, and relieve humanity and other life each day […]
Lao Tzu advises Confucius not to be overwhelmed by human affairs
Lao Tzu advises Confucius not to be overwhelmed by human affairs in this film. “Chaos is everywhere.” Lao Tzu: “Men habitually long for fame and authority.”Kong Qui: “Then what should […]
The American Minervan 