From the desk of George Handlery on Fri, 2011-03-25 15:02
An internationally represented cabal propagates in security matters a dangerous assumption. The Left, the Greens, the “Alternaives” and their Do Gooder brigades share a catching project. For the careless observer of public affairs the tale can be attractive as it spreads tainted news that entice to inaction. According to the thesis, in the modern world the national means of self-defense have become superfluous. This speculation proclaims that the sources of peril directed against advanced and democratic societies are actually fantasies. Our apparent foes are men of good will whose position is negotiable. Their occasional radicalism is the outgrowth of misunderstandings that rational discourse can overcome. Otherwise, such groups, if reduced to the essence of their agenda, signal the stirrings of forces that peaceniks imagine represents a substance that corresponds to their own core tenets. The captains of this intellectual Titanic claim to know that there are no icebergs, meaning politically unmanageable conflicts in the world. At the same time, it is contended that the power of international organizations creates an environment in which physical defenses have become superfluous. Allegedly, these organs act in the name of the “international community” whose raised eyebrows make redundant the instruments of national power designed for the protection of sovereignty.
Did Gadhafi Reach The End Of The Line?
From the desk of Johnny Fincioen on Mon, 2011-03-21 00:13
Reluctantly, Obama adds limited American military actions to the allied effort to stop Moamer Gadhafi from taking back his entire country. Up to a few days ago, people like Robert Gates, the US Secretary of Defense, doubted the efficiency of a no-fly zone to defeat Gadhafi. But now, surprisingly, this same no-fly zone is seen as the appropriate strategy.
Huxley, Orwell And The Challenge Islam Faces
From the desk of William Holland on Sun, 2011-03-20 02:28
Electronic media have a decentralizing effect. They permit every single individual to be a center without margins. There is no analogue in the natural world that can challenge its scope or authority. The problem is when we permit such innovation to eclipse the human person. Technological innovation is not an object, it's a relation. I often think that progress itself is dependent on a false view of human freedom itself. Given the political and theological problems intrinsic to contemporary Islam, technological innovation and its erroneous vision viewing the human person as an appendage to consumption is perhaps the greatest intellectual threat facing the West today.
Tomislav Sunic And The European New Right
From the desk of Michael Presley on Sun, 2011-03-20 00:58
Tomislav Sunic's Against Democracy and Equality: The European New Right is the third book from Arktos Media we have reviewed, the two previous being Guillaume Faye'sArcheofuturism, and Alain de Benoist's The Problem of Democracy. Whereas de Benoist's book length essay was a general discussion of the form of democracy and its sometimes contradictions, Sunic's book is more in keeping with Faye's in that it is specific to European New Right (ENR) issues, and both should be read together as compliments. Unlike the Faye, Dr. Sunic's book is written specifically with the non-European reader in mind. It is not a translation but an original English monograph, now in its third edition.
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