I would argue that our ideologies – liberalism, socialism, conservatism and so on – are, in a sense, part of the modernist ‘machine society’. By this I mean →
Whether Lindsey Clancy is deranged or evil, and why it matters
The trial of Lindsey Clansy, a mother of three, is to be retried, as the jury was unable to reach a verdict. In January 2026, she tricked her →
The protracted final stage of the war in Ukraine
A few weeks ago, the Ukrainians carried out a number of spectacular drone strikes against Russian refineries, as well as office and warehouse buildings. The idea was that →
The constant expansion of politics
When we define politics today, it’s all about enacting laws, creating new regulations and mandates – often rather irritating measures that gradually make life harder for citizens, such →
Sweden and the myth of creation
I was struck by this when I used to travel by train in my younger days. Everywhere you went, you met people who had opinions about Sweden — →
Progressivism as ideological truth
“Your views are old-fashioned, or quite simply outdated” – yes, many of us have heard that argument. But the interesting thing is that it isn’t really an argument →
The biolab conspiracy theory that turned out to be true
Do you remember the biolab conspiracy theory in Ukraine? In 2022, Wikipedia explained that: The Ukraine biolabs conspiracy theory emerged in March 2022 during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, →
A low-key conversation about groups, habits, and quirks
On one level, all people are different. All 8.2 billion people on Earth are unique individuals with unique genetic makeup—with the exception of identical twins, of course—but otherwise, →
The useless nationalist parties
In Europe, there is a proliferation of so-called xenophobic populist parties, and their numbers are growing with every election. People are dissatisfied with immigration and are voting for →
