Ideas, opinions, politics, humanities
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Cocaine, male prostitutes and chief of protocol as best citizen
While you may claim the title is tabloid-like, you are correct. The sad thing is, to some extent, that it is absolutely truthful. The Czech president’s chief of protocol had binges with cocaine snorted and male prostitutes (despite working for a president who wanted to be seen as conservative). When the affair came to light,…
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How can we scientifically measure culture?
Culture is one of the most powerful yet elusive forces shaping human behavior. It guides our values, language, dress, morality, habits, and ambitions. Yet despite its abstract nature, modern science has developed many sophisticated tools for measuring it. Culture is not only observable—it is quantifiable. Across disciplines such as psychology, anthropology, sociology, economics, and neuroscience,…
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Let’s do it the Chinese way. It cannot be more dangerous
China is rising—not just in GDP and infrastructure, but in influence. While America dithers and Europe stalls, China acts. To many, this looks like the future. Roads are built. Orders are obeyed. Pandemics are crushed. Political chaos is replaced by seamless authority. For some observers, this is not terrifying—it is inspiring. I wrote an article…
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American Dream dissected
The American Dream is not about freedom, fairness, or moral brilliance. It is about evolutionary instinct. More precisely, it is about joining the most dominant, well-fed, well-armed, and globally influential tribe in the modern human ecosystem. From an evolutionary standpoint, people do not migrate toward justice—they migrate toward dominance. The American Dream is not a…
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American Jews as better scholars than Israeli ones
This is not about identity. It is about results. Again and again, American Jews outperform their Israeli counterparts in academia. Whether winning Nobel Prizes, shaping groundbreaking theories, or advancing science, philosophy, and law, American Jews dominate the intellectual stage. Meanwhile, Israeli Jews, despite sharing the same ethnic and religious roots, rarely achieve such global impact.…
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They didn’t know Freethinkers International, so they died
They never committed a crime. They never hurt anyone. Their only mistake was to think freely, love who they loved, or believe in reason over dogma. Yet they died. And not because their thoughts were radical. Not because their words were dangerous. But simply because they did not know where to turn. They didn’t know…
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How can science make you antisocial?
Science does not make you antisocial because of politics. Nor is it because of adulation among scholars, corrupt academia, or the power games described in my article on academic clientelism and academic-political incest. That is a different disease. The real cause is far more profound—and far more disturbing. It lies in what science actually reveals.…
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Bombing Iran? Diplomacy? There are other good options
The Western approach to Iran is deeply flawed. It fails not only as strategy but also as morality. And not just advanced morality—no, even common morality is violated. Iran’s regime is irrational. That is beyond question. It has crushed its own population, it has sponsored violent militias abroad. And it mixes politics with apocalyptic theology.…
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US nationalism as a useful maid
US nationalism has never truly governed. It has never led. It has always served. Politicians use it when needed—during war, after terrorist attacks, or in moments of economic collapse. They invoke it, exploit it, and then discard it. Nationalism in America functions like a maid. It shows up when the mess gets out of control,…
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Jesus vs Facts: Did he exist?
Everyone thinks they know Jesus. They speak his name, they repeat his teachings. They draw his face. Yet despite all this familiarity, the truth is far more disturbing. In reality, we know almost nothing. Yes, we have gospels. Yes, we have churches. And yes, we have a religion that reshaped half the world. But no,…