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Iurie Roșca, the Christian Optimist—Part 2

In the first half of this interview, Iurie Roșca set out the stages in his life of anti-communist Christian dissidence, and subsequent anti-corruption campaigning in the early years of Moldovan independence, that made him a serious contender for the presidency of his country by 2009. Now, Roșca recounts in fine

Jesus, Gaza, and the Murder of Useless People

Jesus was a Palestinian Jew born in Bethlehem. He grew up in Nazareth and was executed as a criminal in Jerusalem.

What We Are Not Allowed to Say

Censorship imperils cultures and civilization.

This Week in the New Normal #77

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. The NHS’s AI health surveillance The UK’s National Health Service launched three pilot schemes in different parts

My Reply to the Religious Zionist with “Tears in His Eyes”

Dear Religious Zionist: Your most recent email to me – in which you ask me to “take a long look in the mirror” because my truth-telling about Israeli atrocities doesn’t square with the warmongering propaganda you’ve chosen to swallow – is both perplexing and revealing. Of course I know what

My Journey From Illness And Despair Towards Truth

An awakening Whether religious or not, I think many readers here will relate to some of these experiences. In 2014 I was working for a UK organization which adjudicates financial disputes. The work was interesting, but the organization was going through a structural change which made no sense. Our work

The Metaphysical as a Rational Option

One thing I believe my bent toward metaphysics has prepared me for is when something that falls into the realm of the “unseen” then becomes “seen,” I don’t freak out.

The Tyranny of Cause and Effect Scientism

The rape of the natural world is the phallic-like invasion of scientism.

Jesus and the Sleeping Disciples

Sleeping Disciples Louisa Anne, Marchioness of Waterford 1818-1891 Bequeathed by Adelaide, Lady Brownlow 1917 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N03223 Shouldn’t we not rest until every man, woman, and child alive on earth has a roof over his or her head and food to eat and clean

The Hidden History of Tartaria

Guised as kings, queens, government and the ultimate authority, the elite create the paradigm which serves to keep Order in this New World.

Positive Thinking

Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash I keep trying to feel good, and I try to see the good in my life, the things that I am grateful for, and the beauty all around me. I don’t think I have a problem with this, as long as it doesn’

Faust Walks Out on Easter Morning

“All things transient are but a parable” Goethe, Faust These books are killing me he thought. The sun has risen, the bells toll eight. I’ve tried to learn before it’s late. I woke to feel I could not breathe So took both dog and my leave. Been talking

This Week in the New Normal #59

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. “Ghost Children” We’re in the season of lockdown revisionism, where voices of the establishment sheepishly admit to making

Hand Picked

Were we handpicked to know the truth? Are we the chosen ones? I have resisted this idea for almost three years.

Follow the Leader

Yet another quirk of human behaviour is this propensity to follow leaders without much scrutiny as to who that leader is.