Edward Curtin

Not wanting to sound hyperbolic, but I am starting to conclude that the nuclear madmen running the U.S./NATO New Cold War they started decades ago are itching to start a nuclear war with Russia. Their hypocrisy and nihilistic thirst for death and destruction are so extreme that it boggles my mind. They accuse Russia of … Continue reading “US/NATO Is in the Grip of a Demonic Death-Wish and the Entire World Is Threatened”

Back in the 1960s, the CIA official Cord Meyer said the agency needed to "court the compatible left." He knew that drawing liberals and leftists into the CIA’s orbit was the key to efficient propaganda. Right-wing and left-wing collaborators were needed to create a powerful propaganda apparatus that would be capable of hypnotizing audiences into … Continue reading “Will NPR Now Officially Change Its Name to National Propaganda Radio?”

"Every notion of progress is refuted by the existence of the Iliad." ~ Roberto Calasso, The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony "The spectacle is the nightmare of imprisoned modern society which ultimately expresses nothing more than its desire to sleep. The spectacle is the guardian of sleep." ~ Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle … Continue reading “John McCain as Metaphoric Myth”

"The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labor lies." Vergil, The Aeneid Not since Edmund Gosse’s classic memoir, Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments, has an estranged son written … Continue reading “The Hotel Tacloban by Douglas Valentine: A Poetic Masterpiece of War and Redemption”