Japan Childlessness Crisis

Japan’s Childlessness Crisis

The Land of the Rising Sun may have no tomorrow if a solution to the economically advanced but spiritually demoralized nation's fertility woes isn't found. Japan's childlessness crisis has gained international notoriety over the past several years. But the crisis goes beyond the much-discussed "herbivore" phenomenon of young men withdrawing…
January 10, 202427 Comments
Trump Disqualified

Court Disqualifies Trump for 2024

Colorado's Supreme Court dropped a bombshell ruling yesterday, declaring former President Donald Trump disqualified to appear on the state primary ballot. The decision held that the Civil War-era Disqualification Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment applies to Trump for taking part in an insurrection. Four of the seven justices said that…
December 20, 20237 Comments
Jesus Cleanses the Temple

Cassidy Cleanses the Capitol

Hat tip to neopatron Bayou Bomber for passing along this post from his blog chronicling the cleansing of Iowa's state Capitol. For those who hadn't heard, the Iowa state government gave the Satanic Temple permission to vandalize their capitol building with this monstrosity: Officials and members of the public alike,…
December 15, 202316 Comments
Woke Soyjak

Woke Is the New Racist

Come one, come all to the ongoing tug-of-war between two Boomer memes! The prize? 2/3 of US consumer dollars. Politicians and businesses cower in fear of being accused of racism. As we saw during the George Floyd riots, a racism charge is perceived to be so serious that many businesses…
August 25, 20239 Comments
Iron Age

Dawn of the Iron Age

Yesterday's post on the Death Cult's conquest of pop culture occasioned much comment about where indie creators - in particular newpub authors - go next. A common refrain among the commentariat invoked a burgeoning new counterculture movement, the Iron Age. The rise of another online campaign to counter corporate skinsuit…
August 8, 20232 Comments
Pop Cult Hipster

Shades of the Pop Cult

The "I f***ing love science!" crowd gets short shrift around here, but one of their favorite boutique mantras may have some truth behind it. Time does indeed seem like it must be subjective sometimes. Case in point: It's now been ten years since the consumer revolts of the 2010s promised…
August 7, 202311 Comments
participant

No Participation Trophies

If you spent any length of time on social media this weekend, you couldn't escape seeing culture warrior Conservatives backsliding into the Pop Cult slop funnel en masse. Many of the same people who lamented the outrage marketing that turned Captain Marvel from a near-flop to a billion-dollar hit fell…
July 25, 20237 Comments
Dragon Awards

The Dragons Ride Again

It seems like forever ago that a ragtag bunch of newpub, Baen, and Castalia House authors dominated the first annual Dragon Awards. That day was an early career highlight, and I'm still thankful to my readers and supporters. What would become the current dissident scene was still taking shape back…
July 7, 20233 Comments
Debt Zombie

Debt Zombies

Friday's 6-3 ruling by SCOTUS - including 5 of the 6 Catholics - to uphold Mammon's place in the unofficial state pantheon gave defenders of usury cause to celebrate. Indeed, MAGApedes can rest easy knowing that tax dollars that might've been spent making fraud victims whole can now go toward…
July 3, 202324 Comments
Gallup3

Passing Peak Death Cult?

A series of reports from polling outfit Gallup indicate that the Death Cult's hold on the moral high ground is slipping. Most folks are polemicizing about the steep and sudden drop in support for sodomy. The Death Cultists in particular are throwing fits about it. And there's no doubt it's…
June 26, 202315 Comments