Author: Daniel Spaulding
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Dances with Bears
Is there a moral equivalency to be reasonably made between the Russian government, and especially its leader, President Vladimir Putin, and the American-lead NATO alliance? Are Russia’s alleged actions in the eastern Ukraine, Chechnya, and Syria as equally deplorable as Washington’s invasion of Iraq or the toppling of Colonel Mummer Qaddafi in Libya? Are those…
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Blaming Russia…Again
In American politics the nation of Russia, especially as personified in its leader Vladimir Putin, becomes all things to all men. To American leftists, Russia is a neo-fascist, violently nationalist country that ruthlessly suppressed minority groups, especially homosexuals. To the American right, Putin is the second coming of Stalin who is working to subvert good old-fashioned…
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Faustian Dreams
In its spiritual life, the human soul is confronted with two options, to seek the realization and actualization of its divine nature, or to be overwhelmed and rendered inert by the lower, transient things of the world. The 4th century Greek theologian St. Gregory of Nyssa once observed, For those who look towards the true God receive…
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The Blood-Moon Bamboozler
In what can only be deemed a miracle, the peoples of earth have managed to pass through a fourth blood moon this year without the apocalyptic events predicted by the all-you-can-eat buffet fiend and supposed Christian evangelist John Hagee. The nuclear accord between the United States (and the rest of the world) and Iran has not end…
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Revolt of the Star Children
Lawrence Krauss, the atheist activist and physicist, has made a name for himself among contemporary materialists by declaring that we humans are made from the refuse of burned out stars. Krauss triumphantly assures us: The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably…
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Classical Nihilism
It’s a common refrain among self-described conservatives and libertarians in America that both the modern bureaucratic managerial state and mass culture have veered wildly out of control, headed in an ever increasing totalitarian direction, and must some how be reined in. Their prescription is almost always a return to the Constitution, along with the supposed…
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Preponderance of Cynicism
In recent days relatives of some of the victims of the MH17 Malaysian Airlines shoot-down over the conflict-ridden eastern Ukraine filed a lawsuit against Igor Strelkov, the former Defense Minister of the breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic. The aggrieved party claims that he aided and abetted the unidentified perpetrators of the Malaysian jetliner’s downing. The family members want approximately…
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Synthetic Terror Spectacle
Following a wave of terrorist attacks in late June in France, Tunisia, and Kuwait, the narrative that ISIS is on the march has been dusted off by Western governments and media, though that particular fairy tale has never been allowed to collect dust for very long. While it’s entirely unclear what, if any, ties the alleged perpetrators…
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Rage Against The Machine-Man
The central role that technology plays in modern man’s life leaves him often all too indifferent or oblivious to those who would use that same technology to subvert society and control entire populations. Modern man needs his smart phone not only to conduct business transactions and communicate with distant loved ones, but also to watch the latest…
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The Never-Ending ISIS Fraud
In the midst of Saudi Arabia’s merciless, unprovoked bombing campaign against the people of Yemen comes news that a faction of ISIS-aligned militants has established a beachhead in the south of the Arabian Peninsula for their proclaimed Caliphate. Already media reports have been circulating that the local al-Qaeda affiliate has taken advantage of Riyadh’s bombing campaign…
The Soul of the East 