The Zürich Interviews – Darren J. Beattie: If Only You Knew How Bad Things Really Are What does the US Empire do for the average American? Heidegger. Is hawkishness on China a distraction? The problem with elites. Jonah Goldberg is an ugly man. Getting Mel Gibson wrong. “Combative”, “spirited”, “fierce”, and “highly intelligent”. These are…
A bondage collar. BERLIN — Three men in their forties are standing by an old fireplace repeatedly smacking their wives’ behinds with the flat of their hands. Other couples three meters away are drinking cocktails. The men lounge in chairs with their legs apart while the women, heads bowed, kneel on the floor. A twisted picture…
A Think Piece In the last chapter of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Paul Baumer, a young German soldier, sits alone in a garden trying to recover from a poison gas attack and the deep emotional scars and psychological wounds of war. At the age of 21, he is already a veteran…