Year: 2022 - Page 22 - Kairos – By Brian Niemeier

An End to Medical Tyranny?

Earlier this week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a drastic rollback of Covid restrictions in the UK. Watch his full announcement: Some are hailing the PM's statement as the end of medical tyranny. Starting next Thursday, the British government will no longer mandate vaccine passports, face masks in public…

January 21, 202213 Comments

Making Martyrs

When a nation's established ruling order is overthrown or subverted, the new regime's first goal is to cement its authority. That means memory holing any evidence of a change from one form of government to another. It also entails silencing those who question the new rulers' legitimacy. Revolutionaries learned a…

January 20, 20228 Comments

Neopatronage Revisited

In light of Amazon's latest shenanigans, this time involving Dragon Award-winning mega best seller Nick Cole, author Benjamin Cheah revisits my concept of neopatronage. During the Renaissance, the wealthy supported up-and-coming artists through a patronage system. The artist was able to earn a living and create masterworks. The wealthy in…

January 19, 20229 Comments

Denny Destroys DC

The illustrious Man of the Atom makes his long-awaited return to bring us more deep comics lore. Picking up from last time, the tireless chronicler turns his attention from Marvel to DC. At National Periodicals, Weisinger edited Superman- and Batman-related titles early in his career, and was the long term…

January 18, 202227 Comments

Galaxy’s End?

A bombshell dropped over the weekend that has the potential to shake indie publishing to its core. The troubling development involves mega best selling newpub author, and fellow Dragon Award winner, Nick Cole. This ongoing story broke on Sunday night when readers noticed the popular Galaxy's Edge and Forgotten Ruin…

January 17, 202214 Comments

Things to Do in Denver if You’re a Fed

A chat with some friends late last night took a turn toward the Denver International Airport and the high strangeness therein. And, rumor has it, below. Built at $2 billion over budget and unveiled in February 1995—16 months behind schedule—Denver Airport has been attracting controversy since construction began. The airport…

January 14, 20229 Comments

Diversity Devours Hollywood

But like a snake eating its own tail, the film industry's autophagy can go on indefinitely. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences—the industry’s central nervous system—had been founded in 1927, and now it had 8,469 voting members. It had tried over the years, and especially since Donald Trump’s…

January 13, 202220 Comments

Conservative Creatives

A reader on Twitter asks: Starting a parallel cinema scene is becoming an ever-more feasible option for conservatives and dissidents. It's easier and cheaper than ever to make your own movie. An enterprising director could crowdfund a slick little indie film. Professional grade editing software; even high-end hardware like a…

January 12, 20229 Comments

Where Peter Is, There Is the Church

My recent posts covering Pope Francis' scathing correction of fur parents have caused another Catholic derangement syndrome flareup. CDS sufferers are nothing if not predictable, possessing a great deal of overlap with Conservative NPCs. So, their hatred of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church has taken the form of…

January 11, 202210 Comments

Modern Art Is No Object

We've discussed before how Millennials and Zoomers suffer from a peculiar aesthetic disability. Unlike past generations, many of them seem unable to engage with artistic works on anything but a subjective level. A Big Brand X viewer from Generation Y on back would say, "I want to be devoted like…

January 10, 202213 Comments