The dirty secret of memetics is this – memetics can and usually does trump genetics. I will explain this shortly. National and racial myths of all types would be amusing if they didn’t lead to either loss of life or loss of potential, human potential, and human productivity. All civilization, West and East, North and […]
The Downward Spiral
depravity
what people once openly debated.. and in closed circles made allusions
Deep exploration into political economy, history, politics, beyond the sources generally approved of by the taskmasters and wardens whose authority we admire, reveals some interesting things. Many of those we thought of as heroes were scoundrels, bastards, and thieves. Much of the art we thought sublime,w as in it’s time aptly recognized as tiresome and […]
By Charles Upton, An Interfaith Initiative to Deal with Islamophobia
Posted with the author’s permission. Charles Upton is a poet of the Beat generation, a student of Lew Welch, a writer on Traditionalist topics, and an American Muslim living in Kentucky.His recent works are published by Sophia Perennis Press, earlier work of his has been featured in City Lights Anthology and other sources. Jennifer D. […]
Two quotes for 13, November 2010
Quote 1: “What the F. are you talking about? I swear, your country’s going downhill. People’s concerns are getting irrelevant. I’ve seen chimps with higher concerns and aims. Listening to bullshit music, talking about bullshit topics, while your whole country is being burnt down and bankrupt, and all they can talk about is Sarah Palin? […]