Category: Dissent

The Cavalry Ain’t Coming

Success in any contest, whether it's athletic, cultural, or spiritual, requires an understanding of the situation grounded in reality. That also means adhering to the time-tested maxim "Know thyself." The enemy in the current battle for Christendom's soul spent the past century on a long march through the institutions and…

August 23, 2024No Comments

The New Norm Is a Scam at Best

Public reaction to animated web series The New Norm has ranged from cringing to sad head shaking since the show's first promos dropped. It turns out we weren't cynical enough. Not only is it worse than we thought, The New Norm is a scam at best. And in all likelihood,…

August 1, 20247 Comments

You Can’t Spell ‘Culture’ Without ‘Cult’

Chesterton famously said that an idea that's attacked from both sides for opposing reasons is probably true. Even the most historically illiterate of our guys have to acknowlege that the ruling cult's rise to dominance tracked with Christendom's abandonment of Christ. After all, you can't spell "culture" without "cult". Another…

July 24, 202426 Comments

Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race

Joe Biden's incresaingly obvious declining faculties, along with growing calls for him to step down, didn't keep the flagging candidate's decision to drop out of the presidential race from springing its share of surprises. For instance, many outlets, including this blog, expected him to have exited much sooner. President Biden…

July 22, 202430 Comments

The Best Propaganda

Statistician to the Stars William M. Briggs is known for pointing out that love of theory is the root of all evil. After all, theory is a hell of a drug, offering simple answers to complicated problems. The intrinsic appeal of simplicity goes a long way toward explaining why som…

July 17, 202412 Comments

Trump Shooting Sets World on New Timeline

Since his first candidacy almost ten years ago, supporters of President Donald Trump had voiced fears that his many and implacable enemies might make an attempt on his life. On Saturday, the extreme scenario Trump's voters feared took place at a rally in Pennsylvania. The shooting took place at a…

July 15, 202420 Comments

Take the Small Town Pill?

A recent trend online involves social media accounts giving aimless, despairing men advice on how to find the American Dream. What's noteworthy about this new brand of advice is that it urges Millennial and Gen Z males to leave the cities and venture into the heartland in search of the…

July 9, 20247 Comments

1 Timothy 2:14 Vindicated

Hat tip to Ryan Burge on X and Devon Stack. A picture speaks a thousand words, so I'm just gonna drop this here: And Adam was not seduced; but the woman being seduced, was in the transgression. 1 Timothy 2:14 Related: Synodal Witches Mad Should gender transition for minors…

July 8, 202411 Comments

Managerial Cult Ritual Cant

By and large, I avoid discussing basic presidential politics here. The main reason being that politics, defined as conducting public discourse to decide the optimal way of distributing resources for the common good, is impossible in a one-party state. But today I'm making an exception to the rule, occasioned by…

July 3, 20246 Comments

The Source of Death Cult Morality

A lot of well-meaning normal people still make the mistake of thinking the Death Cult are moral relativists. But scratch a Death Cultist, and you'll find a moral absolutist, as a recent exchange on X illustrates. Every once in a while, a poll comes out showing that growing numbers of…

June 27, 202418 Comments