Make Them Cry “Uncle”
Essay by Arbogast | To the Greeks, wrestling, or πάλη, was the most popular and vital sport—the spectacle that turned men into immortal gods
read moreEssay by Arbogast | To the Greeks, wrestling, or πάλη, was the most popular and vital sport—the spectacle that turned men into immortal gods
read moreEssay by the Librarian of Celaeno | Sam Houston is justly famous as the founder of Texas, first as a republic, and then, after nearly a decade of independence, as a state in the Union
read moreEssay by Jay K. Chesterton | When not busy conducting research or teaching behaviorism and experimental psychology courses at Harvard, you could find B. F. Skinner tinkering. He invented lab recording devices, teaching machines, and even—during World War II—a nose-cone habitat that amounted to a pigeon-guided missile system
read moreEssay by Semmelweis | There’s a new 4K print of Pulp Fiction showing in the theaters. It’s one of my favorite films and has been ever since I first saw it in the theater in 1994
read moreEssay by Global Guru | To secure its position as a global hegemon and outpace China in the race for AI supremacy, the United States must invest in strengthening its intellectual, industrial, and research capabilities. Success demands more than importing a handful of elite foreign engineers: it requires building a robust, homegrown pipeline of skilled professionals to drive innovation and sustain long-term competitiveness
read moreEssay by Georgia | There is an age-old warning to be careful what you wish for. That advice has inspired a myriad of literary works. An archetype of this theme is “The Monkey’s Paw,” written in 1902 by W.W. Jacobs
read moreEssay by Raw Egg Nationalist | For ordinary folk, the savage violence they were prepared to unleash on one another was, in a very obvious sense, simply a reflection of the broader violence and hardship of daily life, especially on the frontier. Life in the backwoods usually meant poverty, certainly in monetary terms
read moreEssay by Tailgunner Joe | The fusing of mental healthcare and elite power has a long history. In the Soviet Union, as a way to isolate and eventually purge regime enemies, psychologists and other mental health professionals would be tasked by the state to “cure” supposedly deranged individuals
read moreEssay by Raw Egg Nationalist | In a future agonal state, we might expect to see emerge men whose cruelty and thirst for vengeance and self-exaltation will outstrip any Miltiades of the past, and perhaps even the greatest despots of history so far. Their campaigns of annihilation will stretch across the planet, the solar system, and maybe even beyond
read moreEssay by Jenny Holland | The humble sacrifices of ordinary man have been written out of history, along with the male’s enormous tenderness towards his female counterparts
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