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I’ve never been a country music fan. And I couldn’t name more than a handful of famous country singers, and even fewer country songs. But Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors" is a new all time favorite of mine across all genres. Ironically, I knew about the song for many years, but the first time I heard her sing it was this past Tuesday after getting the news that Dolly Parton passed away. How could this be? Many years ago I came across a children’s book on display in my pu

What do you make of the women who are cheering on Lindsay Clancy at her trial for strangling her three young children to death? In this Friday's blog post, let's explore that phenomenon. Women gathered at Plymouth Courthouse to show support for child murderer Lindsay Clancy. Do you think they sincerely believe Clancy is innocent because of a diagnosis of postpartum psychosis? Maybe they believe she was failed by the mental health system? Do you think these women represent a

In my latest Federalist piece I look at the comeback of the murderous ideology of Socialism or Communism. It's titled "How Cancel Culture Laid the Groundwork for the Left's Socialist Lurch." Socialism and Communism have always amounted to the same thing throughout history: totalitarianism, or total control over your personal life. Those who are pushing these ideologies – under the banner of “Democratic Socialists of America” today – aim to control everything you can own or e

The propaganda in favor of socialism is a line so fashionable these days that it causes youth to tell pollsters they're in favor of socialism. So, what is the best way to cut through that propaganda? The answer is simply to reply, loud and clear: “Socialism is Slavery!” I don’t hear this often enough, even though many thinking people have made the point. The economist Thomas Sowell made the comparison many years ago, noting that slaves are always kept in a state of dependenc

Well, I’m back. My posts going forward will be shorter, and more directly related to the theme of how propaganda serves the weaponization of loneliness. I’ll try to post once a week, usually on Fridays. Below is one example of how the authorities and media kept trying to induce the fear of ridicule in anyone who questioned the Covid narrative. It’s a cringy video of some very smug doctors insisting they should have a monopoly on what you could learn about Covid. It ran on J

In 1944, CS Lewis warned the graduating class at Kings College, University of London about the human desire to be part of an “inner circle,” an elite, an exclusive group of those “in the know.” His lecture, titled “The Inner Ring” explained the dangers of becoming obsessed by the desire to gain social status through connection with perceived elites. This dynamic is absolutely central to understanding the weaponization of loneliness . C. S. Lewis The craving to be part of an

Consider a tragic case of family betrayal during Mao Zedong's cultural revolution in China when a teenager named Zhang Hongbing turned...

Just about every work of fiction that deals with human relationships (are there any that don't!?) deals with the theme of the...

First, consider this clip of Bill Maher explaining how certain people have decided to hate him because he “won’t hate someone else”: ...

I’ve been puzzled that we don’t hear more about the sameness of communism and slavery. As America races towards communism, few understand...

I was honored to speak about my thesis of the weaponization of loneliness to the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute. It was a great...

You've probably seen the photo above. One man defiantly folds his arms while everyone around him duly gives the Nazi salute. Most of us...

My piece today at The Federalist explains that censorship is all about cutting you off from other people. Because if you can speak...

Below is one example of the suppression of propaganda awareness. At about 56:00 you'll hear Professor Mark Crispin Miller describe how...

Cults in Our Midst by Margaret Thaler Singer is a top selection for book clubs on the theme of the weaponization of loneliness. To avoid...

When journalist Matt Taibbi testified before Congress recently, he exposed further chilling information about the Censorship Industrial...

Elon Musk recently stated that he would not bend to advertisers who are boycotting Twitter (or “Twittex” as I refer to it now.) He...

My husband and I decided to rent a Tesla during our summer travels to the Seattle area and other places in Washington State. We had never...

I was dismayed, though not hugely surprised, when I saw Hillary Clinton’s recent article at the Atlantic headlined with the exact title...

Loneliness, by Hans Thoma, 1880 (Wikimedia Commons) Last month Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released an 81-page advisory called "Our...