1,222 words John William Waterhouse, A Tale from The Decameron, 1916. The Decameron is a novel that is often overshadowed by The Canterbury Tales despite sharing many similarities. Both were written in the 14th century and have a similar narrative structure of various short stories being told by a group of characters. Both works have […]
1,547 words On a recent trip to California, I got to spend some time in Ojai, a small, rustic town, high in the mountains, north of LA. Ojai is known as an enclave of a certain type of California “cool.” Its inhabitants are the kind of people who dislike the stress of LA but don’t […]
1,208 words Dear Friends of Counter-Currents, January was a very good month for Counter-Currents: 165,000+ unique visitors, down a bit from from December, probably due to the lack of any breakout articles. 1. Our Webzine and Traffic In January, we added 81 pieces to our webzine. Our Top 20 articles and full stats are below. 2. […]
1,691 words Kent Alexander & Kevin Salwen The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle New York: Abrams, 2019 Richard Jewell was an obese Georgia homeboy who wanted to be a hero and serve in law enforcement. He got his wish: His short life was […]
1,651 words Christopher Caldwell The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020 The 1960s forever transformed America. Race relations, sexual relations, popular culture, music, foreign policy, trust in government, and urban life were all dramatically changed. It’s not uncommon for conservatives to lament the 60s, though few have done […]
Yoram Hazony 2,507 words In my review of Yoram Hazony’s The Virtue of Nationalism, I focused on the book’s virtues. Here I wish to examine some of its vices. The positions I defend in The White Nationalist Manifesto (San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2018) are broadly compatible with the main arguments of The Virtue of Nationalism. We […]
6,279 words Editor’s Note: After a hiatus when it was only accessible via the Internet Archive, the Black Invention Myths website is now hosted by Counter-Currents. Black Invention Myths Perhaps you’ve heard the claims: Were it not for the genius and energy of African-American inventors, we might find ourselves in a world without traffic lights, peanut butter, […]
773 words In the United States, Black History Month — formerly known as “February” — is, unfortunately, not just about history. It is also an occasion for lies and propaganda to stoke black pride over spurious achievements and white guilt over spurious crimes. To combat this propaganda, we have assembled the following articles. Please link […]
97 words Today is the birthday of New Zealand poet, essayist, Social Credit advocate, and social reformer Arthur Rex Dugard Fairburn, another Artist of the Right. In honor of his birth, I wish to draw your attention to the following works on this site. By Fairburn: “Dominion” “Europe, 1945” “Good and Ill” About Fairburn: Kerry […]
3,082 words Yoram Hazony The Virtue of Nationalism New York: Basic Books, 2018 Yoram Hazony is an Israeli political theorist. He has a BA in East Asian studies from Princeton and a Ph.D. in political theory from Rutgers. While at Princeton, he founded a conservative publication, the Princeton Tory. An orthodox Jew and a political […]
213 words / 59:55 To listen in a player, click here. To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save link as” or “save target as.” Greg Johnson talks to English video-maker, writer, and activist Laura Towler about her work and ideas. Topics include: 0:00: Introduction 3:25: Laura’s intellectual/political journey Laura’s article “The War Against […]
136 words Fróði Midjord is joined by Greg Johnson for this new episode of Guide to Kulchur, discussing the recently-released Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell. It’s about the media witch hunt of eponymous security guard Richard Jewell, who discovered a bomb placed in Atlanta’s Centennial Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics and alerted authorities, potentially […]
1,467 words 2019 was the year of the “frustrated-white-loser-living-at-home-with-his-mom” movie. First there was Todd Phillips’ Joker, an origin story of Batman’s most memorable nemesis, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the clown himself. Then came Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell, the true story of a Georgia security guard who discovered the Centennial Olympic Park bomb in 1996. Jewell […]
1,094 words Consider the human immune system — not from an academic or scientific standpoint, but from a very practical and goal-oriented point of view; the goal in question being the continued health of the human. The body seals itself off from the outside world with a strong wall, known as the skin, and only […]
1,722 words You can always tell an enemy by the way he’ll attack you in the name of peace. He’ll claim he supports freedom, but will try to restrict yours in the name of freedom. He’ll speak loudly of universal standards, but will apply them only in a restricted manner. . . against you. You […]
2,210 words Billie Eilish is the youngest person to ever be awarded Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, for her debut effort WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? [1] At just 18, she swept the ceremonies, earning over 60 awards in categories that ranged from Best New Artist to Best Song. […]
2,303 words I attended a small (about 160 students per grade) Midwestern high school only ten minutes from a metropolis, but the neighborhood had large houses with high property taxes and the district had gerrymandered the auto-enrollment zone to keep the school about 90 percent white with a smattering of Asians (several boys named Tenzin). […]
420 words Race is at the center of current political discourse, but still many people, even on the Right, claim that race doesn’t really exist. Dr. E. Michael Jones has a PhD in American Literature, he is the author of numerous books related to the downfall of the West, he is a prominent spokesman for […]
896 words I thought things could not get worse for the Royal Family after the future King Charles the 3rd was caught out claiming he wanted to be his ageing mistress’s female sanitary product while his own wife was cuckolding him with a string of Muslim and Arabic men in hotel rooms all over London […]
1,396 words Short North Food Hall, a bar in a trendy part of Columbus, Ohio, not too far from The Ohio State University campus, has come under fire for posting what appears to be a hastily drawn-up dress code. It read as follows: No ill-fitting or excessively baggy clothes No sandals No drug-related clothing No […]
2,062 words The New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project is the future of American education. Buffalo Public Schools announced this month that the essay series will now be mandatory for its students and other school districts are soon to follow. The news was greeted with grumbles from acclaimed historians and conservatives, who despise 1619 Project’s […]
1,265 words Methamphetamine is the drug for people in hardworking cultures. It was first synthesized in Japan in 1893. It was used by the German and American armies during the Second World War. Initially, meth was considered a miracle drug. It was a pick-me-up that also treated depression, obesity, and erectile dysfunction. Meth also helped […]
2,162 words The Hunters in the Snow. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565. I remember December 31, 2009 like it was yesterday. I was driving back home from work, reflecting on my life during the last ten years. I also wondered just how the 2000s would be defined or characterized as a decade. The first thoughts […]
2,663 words “In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future, there is only WAR . . .” tells us the strap line of the world’s most popular miniature wargame. In the 41st Millennium, mankind has collapsed after a Dark Age of Technology and an Age of Strife, and is set upon by nefarious, merciless alien […]
700 words The Color [sic] Out of Space[1] Director: Richard Stanley Writers: Scarlett Amaris, Richard Stanley, H. P. Lovecraft (short story) Stars: Nicolas Cage, Madeleine Arthur, Q’orianka Kilcher, Joely Richardson, Tommy Chong; full cast and crew credits here. A certain tendency to insanity has always attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as […]
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