The book arrived yesterday in solid shape—still wrapped in its library cover, barcode intact. I ordered a bookmark for it too.
It’s Here: The Neocon Reader
Tag: Friedrich Nietzsche
Nailing the neocon myth [Excerpts from The Neocon Reader]
Nailing the neocon myth (excerpt from “Neoconservatism” edited by Irwin Stelzer aka “The Neocon Reader”)
Read More »The Ancient Fable Hidden in Twenty One Pilots’ “Blurryface”
Fans of the two-man-band, Twenty One Pilots know their song, “Heavydirtysoul.” What they may not realize is that one of the song’s best known lines is a distillation of an ancient fable.
Capitalism’s Court Jester: Slavoj Žižek
One of the most prominent intellectuals in the contemporary world was named to the list of the “Top 100 Global Thinkers” in Foreign Policy magazine in 2012. He shares this distinction with the likes of Dick Cheney, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Mossad director Meir Dagan. The theorist’s best idea—according to this well-known publication that is a virtual arm of the U.S. State Department—is that “the big revolution the left is waiting for will never come.”
Capitalism’s Court Jester: Slavoj Žižek
Related:
Upcoming: Gabriel Rockhill | Why Slavoj Žižek is Capitalism’s Court Jester (YouTube)
The Brahmins of Democracy: Communists vs. Patriotic Socialists
Michael Millerman goes over the article:
The Brahmins of Democracy: Communists vs. Patriotic Socialists.
Previously:
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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