“Noble lies” are rarely spun for anyone’s interests other than those of the liars themselves By Victor Davis Hanson In a controversial passage in Plato’s Republic, Socrates introduced the idea of the “noble lie” (“gennaios pseudos”). A majestic […]
By Brandon Smith It is perhaps a sign of the waning influence of the mainstream media that even though they have been incessantly pumping the concept of “Striketober” for the past month, the majority of […]
When political narrative replaces faith, truth becomes heresy Matt Taibbi Sep 30 174 We’ll tell you anything you want to hear. We lie like hell! We’ll tell you Kojak always gets the killer, and nobody ever […]
A short story by Grifon for The Saker Blog On the path of the warrior are 4 enemies. Fear, clarity, power, and old age (or death). No warrior has conquered the last. (The Teachings […]
“The executive power in our government is not the only, perhaps not even the principal, object of my solicitude. The tyranny of the legislature is really the danger most to be feared, and will continue […]
By The Sharp Edge It was Benjamin Franklin who penned the phrase in a letter in 1722, “Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom – and no such thing as […]
Submitted by Dave Hodges on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 – 13:38. Nearly seven weeks before Biden assumed the office his office and the Chinese stole on his behalf, I published the following warning if Trump failed to […]
A bunch of readers sent me a video on the Odysee platform that seems to have lit up the Internet over the weekend, a conversation between the international lawyer Reiner Fuellmich and a character named David Martin, […]
It’s incredible how dumb most political discussion in America is. Take a position on something and you’ll instantly be told that you “must be” a supporter of [insert name of politician]. I’m much too idiosyncratic, […]
A nation mesmerized by its own weakness wanly celebrated the long-ago and faraway memory of standing up for itself, while it passively endures the current orgy of tyrannical cancellation and suppression of anyone talking back […]
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