Category Archives: Society

The Face that Launch’d a Couple of Bark Canoes

Posted on May 17, 2026 by JC

If you follow entertainment news even vaguely, you would have heard about Christopher Nolan’s upcoming epic, The Odyssey based on the Greek Epic of the same name. You will also have heard that “based on” should be emphasised as it … Continue reading →

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The Dubious Logic of Black Female Resentment

Posted on March 14, 2026 by JC

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power by Ijeoma Oluo, Basic Books, December 1st, 2020 For some reason, I don’t remember how I found out about this book but when I heard about it, I immediately checked if the … Continue reading →

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The People Love a Winner

Posted on March 8, 2026 by JC

In April last year I covered the outcome of a lawsuit brought by Billy Mitchell against Karl Jobst and followed up with a review of the documentary King of Kong that significantly raised his public profile. There hasn’t really been … Continue reading →

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A Terminal Future?

Posted on January 31, 2026 by JC

If you follow the PC components market or gaming even casually, you would no doubt have noticed the large increase in the price of memory beginning late last year. The reason for this (as I understand), is the demand from … Continue reading →

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What will Australia be called in 2100?

Posted on January 18, 2026 by JC

Over three years ago I wrote a post titled, ‘China is in Charge‘. This wasn’t a celebratory post welcoming our new Han overlords but simply a recognition of the new geo-political reality that will become more and more evident in … Continue reading →

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Foreigners Kill People: Australians to Blame

Posted on December 24, 2025 by JC

On the evening of Sunday the 14th of December, 2025, a father and son named Sajid and Naveed Akram killed fifteen people on Bondi Beach in Sydney Australia. The people targeted were people celebrating Hanukkah on the beach and most … Continue reading →

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Familiarity Breeds Contempt

Posted on November 30, 2025 by JC

Adam Piggott wrote an article on his new Substack about the Indian concept of “izzat”. This is from a post on Kiwi Farms which has spread through X as that is where I first read about it. Rather than try … Continue reading →

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Logos Rising Review

Posted on August 31, 2025 by JC

Logos Rising: A History of Ultimate Reality by E. Michael Jones, Fidelity Press April 2nd, 2020 E. Michael Jones is a contemporary writer I’ve mentioned a couple of times on this blog including one post dedicated to an article he … Continue reading →

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From Thriving to Dying

Posted on June 25, 2025 by JC

In keeping with the tradition of this blog, I am commenting on something quite some time after it was current news. The article that follows was published on the Guardian website on January 11th, almost six months ago. It gives … Continue reading →

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