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Are Any Peoples Truly Indigenous?

October 13 this year is Columbus Day (observed) in the United States, a day referred to by some as “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” Right on schedule, we’re seeing all the usual media posts—in both social media and old media—asserting that land should be controlled by those who are indigenous to it.

This raises the question of what it means to be “indigenous”—a status generally premised on the we-were-here-first claim—which implies a right of ownership. That implied right to ownership, in turn, is pre...

The 9/11 Files: From Cover-up to Conspiracy | Ep 4

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Trump Admin Ending LGBT, ‘Family Planning’ Programs Due to Government Shutdown

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — The Trump administration has laid off thousands of Department of Health and Human Services workers due to the government shutdown, including those that work on “family planning” and “LGBTQ health” issues.

A former Biden official complained to the pro-LGBT website The Advocate about the cuts. Self-described LGBT “activist” Adrian Shanker was “deputy assistant secretary for health policy and senior adviser on LGBTQ+ health equity under the Biden administration,” according to th...

American Politics Is a Fight for the Arena

I begin this post in the unusual manner of quoting myself from an article titled The Consummate Metagelical. “Following the phenomena of the Jordan Peterson series of lectures on the Genesis book of the Bible a Calvinist pastor in a rundown section of Sacramento made a YouTube video to express his astonishment that so many would pay to hear a sermon. Paul Vanderklay (PVK) was one of the many online creators I began to follow that became known among themselves as this little corner (TLC) of the i...

Israeli War Propaganda on Social Media

Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government has taken control of TikTok and plans to control the social network X as well. However, the State of Israel’s propaganda has long eluded its citizens. Its purpose has never been publicly discussed. A small group decides its messages alone, without considering what would be useful to Israelis—such as combating anti-Semitism. The state’s resources have been seized solely by “revisionist Zionists,” even though they are an ultra-minority.

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The Joys of Consultation: The Pastoral Letter on the Laity

Our diocese has asked the priests to promote a short survey about the laity to the faithful for a projected USCCB Pastoral Letter on the Laity. I wish that there would have been a survey about what kind of pastoral letters we need from the Bishops’ Conference, for I think the vocation crisis might be a topic of great interest and importance. I suppose the Pastoral Letter on the Laity will address the growing trend of lay pastoral “coordinators” in priest-less parishes, which is having a moment.

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The White House Fool’s Provocations of China Finally Produces a Response

Ron Unz tells us the consequence of Trump’s Diplomacy by Threat.

The Chinese have “suddenly imposed an unprecedented new wave of licensing requirements on the import and use of the rare earths that they mine and refine, as well as the vital small magnets produced from those compounds. These extremely severe restrictions would now apply to any companies around the world whose goods contained as little as 0.1% of their value in that category, apparently encompassing an enormous range of major indu...

Donald Trump as Our Mad Emperor of the Bubble

These days the Wall Street Journal probably ranks as America’s most influential and credible print outlet, so Friday morning’s front-page story describing a sudden new escalation in our episodic trade war with China caught my attention.

As emphasized in the first several paragraphs, the Chinese had suddenly imposed an unprecedented new wave of licensing requirements on the import and use of the rare earths that they mine and refine, as well as the vital small magnets produced from those compound...

How Civil Rights Activists use the Fourteenth Amendment to Bypass the First Amendment

A federal court in Virginia recently ruled that the name of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, who is regarded as a great hero by many Americans, violates the free speech rights of black students. As summarized by the judge,

The complaint alleged that the name [Stonewall Jackson] created “an unlawful and discriminatory educational environment for Black students,” and accused the school board of violating the First and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act...

Art, Trade and State Power at the Heart of the Silk Road

Brilliant Eurasian cultures converged, interacted and spread their wings on the Ancient Silk Roads.

DUNHUANG – Across History, the Silk Road – actually a network of roads – is the supreme Highway Star: the most important connectivity corridor ever, rolling across Ancient Eurasia, linking what Chinese scholars consensually define as the main civilization systems in the world: China, India, Persia, Babylon, Egypt, Greece and Rome, as well as showcasing several historical stages of economic and cul...