Some really strong analysis of Rousseau and his concept of the "general will", what purpose its serves and what it actually entails. This comes from Robert Nisbet's collection of essays entitled "Tradition and Revolt".

Both radical and conservative sociological commentary on industrialization, the "English system", and the degradation of labor in the 19th century (from Nisbet, "The Sociological Tradition").

"A spectre is haunting Europe....the spectre of 'Coomerism."

I’m reminded of WWI—when an elderly generation of European leaders sacrificed their young on the altar of empty rhetoric—only by now, there are no children left and our leaders are gazing at their own haggard reflections, mistaking them for a vision of the future.

Anyone have any recommendations for classic historical fiction in the vein of Sir Walter Scott and "Ivanhoe"?

The irony is that Khomeini is the only reason they don't have a nuke.

Holy shit, this is so untrue that I don't even know what to say

👇Link below is for George Simmel's essay "The Metropolis and Mental Life", just read it for the first time and I don't think I have ever encountered a single better piece of writing on the psychology and sociology of the urbanite/urbanity and the city/country dichotomy. A short

Good stuff. Senator Cruz Ted Cruz Genesis 12:3 is a promise to Abraham and his offspring. Fulfilled by Jesus Christ. Galatians 3:16. The New Testament defines Israel as the Church, not some government established in 1948. Mr. Cruz, the "religion" you're quoting is Zionism, not

NO WAR WITH IRAN

This is actually a beautiful idea and thus it will never happen