• How Tom Wolfe’s The Painted Word Exposed the Modern Art Racket

    Counter Currents - Sep 21st 2021 11:59am EDT

    4,116 words Visiting an art gallery in Washington, DC long ago, I gazed at amorphous shapes for a good while. Some abstract art is good, speaking directly to the subconscious mind, but this stuff just wasn’t doing it for me. The only message I got out of it was a mild scolding from my superego […]

  • The Worst Week Yet: September 12-18, 2021

    Counter Currents - Sep 20th 2021 1:16pm EDT

    Mohamed Noor, the ex-Minneapolis cop whose murder conviction for the killing of a white woman, Justine Ruszczyk Damond, was just overturned. 1,732 words College: No Place for White Males In both the United States and England, white males are seeing their college enrollment numbers drop while women and racial minorities are making gains. An analysis […]

  • Mark Milley’s Incompetence: Stupidity or Design?

    Counter Currents - Sep 20th 2021 1:16pm EDT

    Mark A. Milley 1,039 words Among the many problems in the Inept American War Machine is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. It was recently revealed in a book by Bob Woodward, Peril, that Milley had contacted senior military officials in China during the final months of the Trump administration to […]

  • The Trial of the Century a Century Later

    Counter Currents - Sep 20th 2021 1:16pm EDT

    Fatty Arbuckle 2,293 words September 9 was the centenary of the death of Virginia Rappe at age 26. Virginia Rappe was an actress, model, and probably a prostitute. She appeared in a few early silent films, but never became a star. She was twice engaged (once to early silent film director Henry Lehrman, who directed […]

  • The Worst Week Yet: May 9-15, 2021

    Counter Currents - May 17th 2021 7:00am EDT

    Left: Rockim Prowell as captured on security footage. Right: Rockim Prowell’s mugshot. 2,527 words Falling Deep Into the Slurry Pit Last Thursday, the US Supreme Court was scheduled to review a lawsuit by a black man who’d worked in Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, claiming he’d been subjected to a hostile work environment after […]

  • A Response to David Skrbina

    Counter Currents - May 17th 2021 6:45am EDT

    Francesco Trevisani, Saint Peter Baptizing the Centurion Cornelius, 1709. 2,482 words See James O’Meara’s review of The Jesus Hoax here and David Skrbina’s reply here. First off, I want to relieve Prof. Skrbina of his concern over my “grudge” against him. I happened upon this book (and in a burst of synchronicity, was asked by […]

  • Fundraiser Update & this Weekend’s LivestreamsReviving the Savtiri Devi Archive

    Counter Currents - May 14th 2021 1:15pm EDT

    1,556 words Weekend Livestream On Sunday, May 16th, at noon PST, 3 pm EST, 8 pm UK time, & 9 pm CET, Greg Johnson will be joined by fellow Counter-Currents Brain Trust members Millennial Woes and Frodi Midjord to discuss current events and YOUR QUESTIONS, on DLive and Odysee. Send your questions, comments, and donations […]

  • Fundraiser Update & this Weekend’s LivestreamsReviving the Savtiri Devi Archive

    Counter Currents - May 14th 2021 1:15pm EDT

    1,556 words Weekend Livestream On Sunday, May 16th, at noon PST, 3 pm EST, 8 pm UK time, & 9 pm CET, Greg Johnson will be joined by fellow Counter-Currents Brain Trust members Millennial Woes and Frodi Midjord to discuss current events and YOUR QUESTIONS, on DLive and Odysee. Send your questions, comments, and donations […]

  • Live by the Woke, Die by the Woke: The Cancelation of Socialism Done Left

    Counter Currents - May 14th 2021 11:31am EDT

    3,013 words By the time I heard about the cancelation of the BreadTuber known as Socialism Done Left, the controversy was already a few days old. I had never heard of the guy, but when I stumbled upon the Vice article “Leaked Racist Messages Shows “Leftist” Youtuber Isn’t” written by affirmative action hire Gita Jackson, […]

  • Live by the Woke, Die by the Woke: The Cancellation of Socialism Done Left

    Counter Currents - May 14th 2021 11:15am EDT

    3,013 words By the time I heard about the cancelation of the BreadTuber known as Socialism Done Left, the controversy was already a few days old. I had never heard of the guy, but when I stumbled upon the Vice article “Leaked Racist Messages Shows “Leftist” Youtuber Isn’t” written by affirmative action hire Gita Jackson, I […]

  • White First, American Second

    Counter Currents - May 14th 2021 6:30am EDT

    1,613 words I have a friend who’s a big sports fan, especially college football. He’s crazy for the local State university (which we will call “State”) and hates the slightly more prestigious state University (which we will call “the U”). It’s really not hate, of course. It’s more of an identity/anti-identity thing. Despite not having attended either […]

  • Gold in the Furnace: Experiences in Post-War Germany

    Counter Currents - May 13th 2021 1:48pm EDT

    792 words Savitri DeviGold in the Furnace: Experiences in Post-War Germany Edited by R. G. Fowler San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2021 320 pages The Savitri Devi Archive’s 2006 edition of Gold in the Furnace, long out of print, has been reprinted in hardcover & paperback by Counter-Currents! Gold in the Furnace is now available in three […]

  • Being Liked By Others While Hating Yourself

    Counter Currents - May 13th 2021 6:45am EDT

    Frederic Remington, The Puncher, 1895. 1,172 words As I understand it, most people would strongly prefer that others approve of them even if it means being untrue to themselves — and that’s something I’ll never understand about most people. It seems that most people would rather be liked by others than be okay with themselves, […]

  • Saint Paul, Artful Liar: A Reply to James O’Meara

    Counter Currents - May 12th 2021 6:45am EDT

    Detail, Albrecht Dürer, The Four Apostles, 1526. 2,517 words Recently, James O’Meara offered a fairly detailed review and critique of my book The Jesus Hoax. On the one hand, I want to thank him; as most writers know, any review is better than none at all! Any review is sure to prompt thoughts and debate on all sides […]

  • Are We Really Anglo-Saxons?

    Counter Currents - May 12th 2021 6:15am EDT

    1,411 words George W. Bush is back in the news to promote his horrible picture book, Out of Many, One. The picture book, as its title evokes, urges readers to see America as a vast, multicultural landscape where everyone can belong. Most of his public statements in support of the book have touted mass immigration and the […]

  • Memelord Dalí Remembering Salvador Dalí (May 11, 1904–January 23, 1989)

    Counter Currents - May 11th 2021 6:30am EDT

    Philippe Halsman photographs Salvador Dalí, Decline of hair on the face, 1954. 1,745 words It’s the most basic thing in the world. You can look at a rock, think it’s a bear, and run away. Or you can glimpse a bear, assume it’s a rock, and get eaten. Over time, evolution will select for seeing […]

  • The Worst Week Yet: May 2-8, 2021

    Counter Currents - May 10th 2021 6:45am EDT

    February, 1963 cover of Commentary 2,303 words White Supremacist Attacks on Asians Continue Remember when Donald Trump called COVID-19 the “China virus” and openly, unequivocally, and unabashedly encouraged American blacks to stab Asians and smash them in the head with bricks? Even though he’s not the president anymore, it’s still happening! Egged on by insensitive comments from […]

  • Fundraiser Update & this Weekend’s Livestreams

    Counter Currents - May 7th 2021 7:00am EDT

    1,072 words On Sunday, May 9th, at noon PST, 3 pm EST, 8 pm UK time, & 9 pm CET, Greg Johnson will be joined by fellow Counter-Currents Brain Trust members Millennial Woes and Frodi Midjord to discuss current events and YOUR QUESTIONS, on DLive and Odysee. Send your questions, comments, and donations through Entropy: […]

  • Scott Howard’s The Transgender-Industrial Complex

    Counter Currents - May 7th 2021 6:45am EDT

    4,039 words Scott HowardThe Transgender-Industrial ComplexQuakertown, Pennsylvania: Antelope Hill, 2020 “If man will strike, strike through the mask!” — Moby Dick In March, South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem vetoed House Bill 1217, an act designed to “promote continued fairness in women’s sports” by prohibiting biological men from playing in girls’ sports leagues. In April, Arkansas […]

  • Liberals’ New Favorite President

    Counter Currents - May 7th 2021 6:30am EDT

    3,334 words Ron ChernowGrantNew York: Penguin Press, 2017 Ulysses S. Grant is one of the archetypal Americans. A brilliant general who would only accept unconditional surrender. A modest president who eschewed pomp in favor of simple, democratic attire. A downcast alcoholic who rose from obscurity to greatness. He both made a fortune and lost a […]

  • When the Anglosphere Began to Hate

    Counter Currents - May 6th 2021 6:45am EDT

    W. H. Drake, “Then Rikki-Tikki was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog,” from The Jungle Book, 1895. 1,479 words Allow me to share a deep character flaw of mine that it took nearly six decades to realize but only moments to rectify. Despite outward appearances and an intensely unsavory […]

  • Fables of Aggression: David Skrbina & Paul’s Cunning Plan

    Counter Currents - May 5th 2021 6:45am EDT

    4,348 words David SkrbinaThe Jesus Hoax: How St. Paul’s Cabal Fooled the World for Two Thousand YearsCreative Fire Press, 2019 This short book presents itself as the latest in a genre whose brightest lights are Nietzsche’s The Antichrist (which the author quotes extensively) and Savitri Devi’s pamphlet Paul of Tarsus, or Christianity and Jewry (reviewed here; Skrbina has produced an […]

  • Mutiny

    Counter Currents - May 5th 2021 6:30am EDT

    N. C. Wyeth, The Burning of the Bounty, 1940. 1,466 words For men on the Right, observable truths about the state of Western civilization intersect like the threads of an unraveling tapestry. We see order giving into chaos; tyranny and anarchy converging and becoming indiscernible in the stew of nature, oppression, freedom, injustice, security, peace, […]

  • The Most Dangerous Game: Capital Riddles in Western Culture

    Counter Currents - May 4th 2021 11:00am EDT

    “Off with her head!” An original illustration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (1864) 7,655 words The Sphinx-riddle. Solve it, or be torn to bits, is the decree. — D. H. Lawrence A question, readers: what is the most profound of all human activities? With the previous sentence, I’ve already provided the answer, for it is the […]

  • Jay Black’s Guttersnipe

    Counter Currents - May 4th 2021 6:30am EDT

    786 words Jay BlackGuttersnipeBudapest: Terror House Press, 20212nd edition When I heard that Terror House Press was republishing Guttersnipe by Canadian author Jay Black, I could not resist pre-ordering a copy. I must admit that I had never heard of Black before, nor of his book, originally published in 2004 and only printed in 200 copies, but […]