- Counter Currents - Sep 4th 2019 9:20am EDT
3,871 words Camille Paglia infuriated feminists when she observed in Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990) that males – as biological beings – are responsible for the development of civilized life and most of the world’s cultural creativity. What no one has wanted to say is that the implicit argument […]
- Counter Currents - Sep 4th 2019 6:59am EDT
2,172 words Reading about China’s social credit system makes me thank my lucky stars for not having been born Chinese. I imagine that living in a state of constant surveillance and constant submission would fray my nerves to the point of aggressive antisocial behavior. I couldn’t hack public school, and I sincerely doubt that I […]
- Counter Currents - Sep 4th 2019 4:39am EDT
Alphonse de Neuville, The Huns at the Battle of Chalons 2,411 words Translated by Guillaume Durocher Translator’s Note: The following extracts are drawn from Emil Cioran, Précis de décomposition (Paris: Gallimard, 1949). The title is editorial. There are no beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: The great persecutors are recruited […]
- Counter Currents - Sep 3rd 2019 9:00pm EDT
961 words I would like to introduce Counter-Currents’ international audience to the largest annual Dutch-Flemish nationalist event in the Low Countries: the IJzerwake. In Dutch, this refers to a wake or prayer on the river Yser. It could also be translated as “wake of iron,” as ijzer means iron. It is a perfect example of […]
- Counter Currents - Sep 3rd 2019 9:00pm EDT
Lynchburg, Virginia 3,758 words Now that it is past Labor Day, I want to tell the traditional “what did you do last summer?” story. Most of my summer was spent doing what I normally do: working out, attending civic and cultural events in my home base in the state of Washington, and supporting Counter-Currents. This […]
- Counter Currents - Sep 3rd 2019 9:00pm EDT
3,028 words Telltale may have gone bankrupt, but like a zombie rising from the grave, its The Walking Dead video game series is soon to be released on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in a new collection. It contains all four “seasons” of the game (some twenty “episodes” in all), the extra chapter 400 […]