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art film Solaris Tarkovsky Lem
Books

SPOTLIGHT: Solaris – Stanislaw Lem (1961; 1970, Faber & Faber) & Andrei Tarkovsky (1972, Mosfilm)

April 28, 2025 Merri
Artificial Society
ClassicCommentary

Artificial Society II

March 28, 2025 Merri
Labatut Neumann Maniac
BooksReviews

REVIEW: The MANIAC – Benjamin Labatut (Penguin, 2023)

February 22, 2025 Merri
Tolkien art literature
BooksClassicCommentary

Art, Tolkien, and Consumer Media Part III: Art as Sub-Creation and Communication

January 21, 2025 Merri
Artificial Society
ClassicCommentary

Artificial Society II

March 28, 2025 Merri
Tolkien art literature
BooksClassicCommentary

Art, Tolkien, and Consumer Media Part III: Art as Sub-Creation and Communication

January 21, 2025 Merri
AI NPC machine learning
ClassicCommentary

Artificial Society

December 16, 2023 Merri
COVID conspiracy theory
ClassicCommentary

The Inverted Conspiracy Theory

August 7, 2021 Merri
Derek Chauvin trial
Commentary
March 30, 2021 Merri

This All Sounds Pretty Familiar

The trial of Derek Chauvin officially began this week, reminding us all of summer 2020 and the death of George Floyd. But what is the trial really about?

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reactionary Catholic masculinity
Commentary
March 14, 2021 Merri

Where the Men are Men

Catholicism thrives where masculinity thrives, but reactionaries tend to have a slightly different conception of manhood. Be aware, but be wary.

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Commentary
March 2, 2021 Merri

They Only Come Out At Night

Twitter embarked upon another wave of deplatforming this week. Now even I can be added to the list of tech censorship casualties. I’ll wear the badge with honor.

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Hungary communism Soviet Bolshevism
BooksReviews
February 20, 2021 Merri

REVIEW: An Outlaw’s Diary: The Commune – Cécile Tormay (1923; Antelope Hill Press, 2020)

In 1919, communism came to Hungary under Soviet Bolshevist Bela Kun. Its reign of terror is chronicled here by controversial thinker Cecile Tormay.

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Commentary
February 16, 2021 Merri

The Cancel Culture of the Techno Mob

Why does the mob that engages in cancel culture claim that it doesn’t exist? To answer this, we have to analyze liberalism, technology, and the revolution.

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Enlightenment Catholicism liberalism
BooksReviews
February 7, 2021 Merri

REVIEW: Rethinking the Enlightenment – Joseph Stuart (Sophia Institute Press, 2020)

Author Joseph Stuart’s analysis of the Enlightenment offers new details but no new praxis in its approach to liberalism and Catholicism.

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Q Anon conspiracy theory
Commentary
January 28, 2021 Merri

Don’t Trust the Plan, Fellas

The death of the American conspiracy theory, Q-Anon, dissent, government overreach, insurrection, failure: you might be wondering, what exactly was the plan?

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Blessed Charles Austria
BooksReviews
January 20, 2021 Merri

REVIEW: Blessed Charles of Austria – Charles Coulombe (TAN books, 2020)

Coulombe monographs Blessed Charles of Austria, offering apologia for monarchy and a brief history of the empire’s dismantling in the process.

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Commentary
January 11, 2021 Merri

Senatus Populusque Americanus

MAGA marched on the Capitol. The media called it an insurrection, America’s darkest day, a coup. What does this all mean for the future?

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BooksReviews
January 7, 2021 Merri

REVIEW: Always With Honor – Pyotr Wrangel (Mystery Grove, 2020)

Pyotr Wrangel, leader of one of the White Russian factions during the Russian Civil War, gives his own account of the struggle for Russia’s people–and her soul.

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