Politics

H.P. Lovecraft’s Politics 1
- Politics, Featured, Literature
- October 4, 2024
Howard Phillips Lovecraft is, it seems, as popular as ever. “The indie Lovecraftian game Dredge is getting a live-action movie adaptation,” reports Screen Rant. And that’s just one recent example of the horror pioneer’s enduring influence. In this light, it’s worth asking what Lovecraft’s writing promoted ideologically, and to judge what portions of his political thought are
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Half of All Murders Now Go Unsolved 1
- Featured, Politics
- October 2, 2024
In 1962, 93 percent of all murders in America were solved. In 2020, more than 50 percent of murders went unsolved. What happened? Why is it so easy to get away with murder in the United States? As with many terrible trends, the “Great Decline” in the murder clearance rate started in the mid-1960s. By
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Fake Government Statistics 1
- Economics, Featured, Politics
- September 30, 2024
The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently admitted that 818,000 fewer jobs were added from March 2023 to March 2024 than previously reported. That’s no small number, and it’s an indication of how significant the issues with government statistics are. Unfortunately, this isn’t the only time that government agencies have misrepresented vital economic statistics. Though jobs
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Principles Are the Antidote to Politics 0
- Culture, Politics
- September 27, 2024
Only four percent “of US adults say the political system is working extremely or very well.” Sixty-five percent say we “always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics.” Yet, we keep doubling down, thinking that more attention on politics will somehow fix what ails society. In 2020, candidates spent over $14 billion seeking the presidency. This was
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The Death of the Anti-War Left 10
- Featured, Politics
- September 26, 2024
Anti-war activists used to be at home on the left. In the mid-2000s, Democrats were the first to oppose the War on Terror. During the 2004 Democrat primary, for example, the last rival to John Kerry was Dennis Kucinich, a staunch critic of the Iraq War who would later propose the establishment of the “Department
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Why Are We Sending Our Tax Dollars to the Taliban?4
- Featured, International, Politics
- September 19, 2024
Last month marked the three-year anniversary of the deaths of 13 U.S. service members as the U.S finished its undignified withdrawal from Afghanistan after two decades of war. On August 26th, 2021, two suicide bombers attacked the gates of the Kabul airport, killing 13 and wounding another 18 U.S. Servicemen and women, as well as
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