It has been thirty years since the website Antiwar.com was launched. A defiant reaction to the Clinton administrations interventions in the Balkans during the 1990s. Founded by the late Justin Raimondo and Eric Garris, the site went on to become a platform of information and reporting against US military interventions, and eventually as opposition to all wars. Though, often criticised for being “right wing”, the founders from the modern American tradition of libertarianism. Antiwar.com is principally anti-war, and has contributors and writers from all spectrum’s of politics. The main mission...

In the immediate aftermath of a tragic event it’s difficult to find clarity of facts and thoughts through a miasma of lies, unknowns and emotions. The impulse to collectivise, derive explanation from demographic classification is both primal and learned. Just as the impulse to find simple answers. A father and son, acted as individuals with deranged rationalisation and murdered innocent and unarmed people at Bondi, Sydney this weekend. At this time, fifteen people are dead. Despite the propaganda pushed by mostly American media and content creators, Australians still have access to legal...

The insincerity of social media and influencer culture is nothing new. Mr Beast set the supreme standard for success, study algorithms, what appeals to the mob glued to their screens, master thumbnails, edit a shiteating grin and you will be loved. Pewdiepie, Angry Video Game Nerd, Fouseytube, etc pioneered and invented the wheel so to speak when it came to viral and popular content. It was a different world for them, entertainment and genuine reviews were popular, even if at times they were infected with skits, characters and performance ‘reality.’ They became famous, influential and...

The 2010s will perhaps be remembered for the decline of critical thinking and the ascension of dependency. Only to be fast tracked into the 2020s. There was a time, in the before, even among partisan political voices, when we could juggle reason with ideology. A regard for some forms of critical thinking, or the placating of objections raised by libertarians and the opponents of said policies or desires. There was a conversation. An understanding of the dangers of too much power, or control. This was a time, when most institutions and governments pretended or did care about censorship,...

Over the years I have come across plenty of books that were destined for landfill. Whether through the various work places I had been, the charities which moved individuals from independence to “assisted” living and then the charity shops places themselves which can’t afford the bin fees to dump the excess they receive. Among these books, I have come across notes and journals. Small increments of intimate writing, sketches from a human past long forgotten but for these ink spots on paper, they remain as remnants that once mattered. I had the intention of writing something cynical or even...

Good story telling allows for us to experience the many human emotions that we understand, and know intimately. Despite its more recent incarnations, Star Trek told stories rich in life. An exploration for philosophy and humanity, challenged through narratives and character exchanges. Presented before, at times gaudy backdrops or technobabble laden jargon required to embed us into a place where technology itself is magic. In an episode from Star Trek – The Next Generation, Captain Jean Luc Picard found himself pulled into another life. One beyond a star ship, and the obligations of command....