Category Archives: Society

Coming Home

Posted on March 24, 2019 by JC

It has been almost a year since I returned to live in Australia after close to ten years abroad. In coming back to Australia I find myself feeling somewhat like Odysseus arriving home after his eventful journey from Troy. I … Continue reading →

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Never saying anything

Posted on February 3, 2019 by JC

The title requires some elaboration because I could mean a lot of things by it. What I specifically have in mind is the way people are unwilling, reluctant, afraid or just not motivated to speak up or say anything when … Continue reading →

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Political Theatre and the Supernatural

Posted on January 27, 2019 by JC

More than ten years ago while in the United States, I went on what I believe was called an “experiential learning trip” with a group of college students through famous areas of the civil rights area. This included places like … Continue reading →

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Known Knowns & Unknown Knowns

Posted on January 11, 2019 by JC

The Phoney Victory: The World War II Illusion by Peter Hitchens I.B. Tauris, August 30th, 2018 Peter Hitchens has described himself as the obituarist for Britain in some interviews with him I have viewed online. This was particularly true with … Continue reading →

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Debt & Complacency

Posted on December 16, 2018 by JC

Modern society is run on debt and complacency. To make clear what I mean by these two words, I mean debt in the normal monetary sense and complacency much as it is generally understood as contentment without regard or recognition … Continue reading →

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What would Breitbart being doing today?

Posted on November 25, 2018 by JC

Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save The World! by Andrew Breitbart Grand Central Publishing, April 15th, 2011 Andrew Breitbart came to my knowledge at a time when I still would have described myself as conservative. It was at a … Continue reading →

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Bridgete Jones’s Diary: Pride and Delusion

Posted on November 17, 2018 by JC

This is the second article I had written with the Return of Kings audience in mind. It follows from the first I posted a few weeks ago. They were both written around the same time.  A few years ago I … Continue reading →

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Never Underestimate a Man

Posted on October 28, 2018 by JC

I had written two articles that I intended to submit for publication on the Return of Kings website. Less than a day after I had both drafts finished, Roosh V made the announcement that he was closing the site. So … Continue reading →

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Forgiven or Unforgiven?

Posted on September 23, 2018 by JC

I am ashamed of many things I did when I was a teenager. And if I could, I would go back and try to stop myself from doing them. I imagine many people feel the same way. There are even … Continue reading →

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Ad hominem is a valid argument

Posted on June 3, 2018 by JC

I put it to you that in matters of religion and political philosophy – character matters. It matters a lot. It matters so much that the validity of a philosophy or religion should rise or fall based on the character … Continue reading →

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