The mystical insight came to Nietzsche like a lightning flash: time eternally recurs – and life must be lived accordingly
- by Mark Higgins
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The investigative journalist and “Democracy Now!” host — and the subject of a new documentary — on why independent media is needed now more than ever.
The post Amy Goodman on the Media’s “Access of Evil” appeared first on The Intercept.
Trying to fix your self-image can trap you in the problem. The awe of nature truly heals by taking you outside of yourself
- by Céline Leboeuf
Among other things, the unlamented former autocrat Viktor Orban was one of the leading proponents of pro-natalist policies, and more open than most about the racist underpinnings of his view. However, like others who have tried to raise birth rates, he wasn’t particularly successful. To understand why not, it’s useful to consider the question: how […]
How ideology and scandal inspired the idea of an all-powerful president.
Job Interview with a Cat Tell me, what is it about this position that interests you? The warmth, perhaps? The security? Or the power you must feel by rendering me useless? Feel free to expand if you wish. I see you have had experience of similar positions. Can you talk about a time when you got somebody’s tongue? Or were…
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights “lacks the competence” to review Trump’s campaign of deadly boat strikes, a State Department spokesperson said.
The post State Department Tells Human Rights Watchdog to Ignore Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings appeared first on The Intercept.
A little-noticed Supreme Court ruling may be sending a message.
One theme connecting the essays is “enchantment” and its flight from societies such as our own. Modernity has given us countless things we would not want to be without, but its instrumental approach to nature and contempt for more established cultures has left us in many ways spiritually naked.
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Searching for a phrase that will encapsulate his philosophy, and channelling the ideas of Oswald Spengler and Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, Kingsnorth plumps for “reactionary radicalism”. Suffice it to say that by the end of his book the noun is firmly in the adjective’s shadow.
This short documentary asks what it means to be Sámi today, following decades-long state-mandated assimilation attempts
- by Aeon Video
In 1848, a railroad worker survived a rod shooting through his skull. His accident transformed our understanding of the brain
- Video by the Royal Society and BBC Ideas
In the story of eugenics, disabled people are often depicted as passive victims. But for some it seemed an opportunity
- by Coreen McGuire & Alex Aylward
To prevent dyslexia taking a toll on a child’s self-belief, follow these tips from a psychologist who’s been there herself
- by Lisa Rappaport & Jody Lyons
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This is Part 7 of the short series of briefing notes that arose out of discussions I recently had in London about how a progressive political party might want to break out of the shackles that the British Labour Party has bound itself in with its obsession with fiscal rules and an adherence to the…
The news from Hungary’s election is so good that I need to write about it, even if not all the implications are clear yet, and even in a disorganised and way, repeating lots of what others are saying. Although the polls predicted Orban’s defeat, nothing I read foreshadowed the scale of the victory – a […]
by Tony Wikrent “A curtain of darkness is settling over our nation.” Heather Cox Richardson, Apr 11, 2026 [Letters from an American, April 10, 2026] It feels like something shifted in the United States this week after President Donald J. Trump threatened on Tuesday that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought […]
AI-powered election meddling, addiction-fueled gambling profits, and more from The Lever this week.
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