The Narthex
Random Ruminations #15
Many Faces of Scrooge... Why Do People Copy the Gothic?... Seventh Century Colonialism... and more
By John M. Grondelski | November 22nd 2024 12:41 PMWorld Vasectomy Day Nov 21-22 is the 12th Annual "World Vasectomy Day," an annual "celebration" during which vans prowl some neighborhoods offering male sterilization. Since 2022 the act has been designated a sign of male "ally-ship" with post-Dobbs women by "taking responsibility" for fertility. Such euphemistic claptrap has become so normalized…
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Behind the West's civilizational crisis is a bait and switch cultural appropriation -- and we fall for it
By John M. Grondelski | June 19th 2024 9:12 PM“Sleek barbarians” is a term and concept articulated by contemporary Polish philosopher Zbigniew Stawrowski which I have tried to popularize and disseminate in the English-speaking world. I do so because the concept seems to have even broader application here than in Poland (though Poland does not lack for its own…
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Voting with Feet... Pantheism Keeps Marching On... But It Was Foreseen... and more
By John M. Grondelski | July 28th 2023 2:56 PMEyes (and Minds) Voting with Feet Most mornings I have a 20 minute wait at my bus stop. The shelter has one of those electronic ad boards, so I get to see a limited loop of what advertisers want to sell. It’s often a telling commentary on the world today,…
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