Algocracy
This word "Algocracy" is accurate. If you expose yourself to any type of screen you are the target of the algorithm. The most vulnerable are the folks who trust the television. And they are the least surveilled, ironically. Movies and television media serve up the...
All Salvation is Local
This Priest's column makes many keen observations. He writes: Our salvation – yours and mine – does not happen out there, in some other place or in someone else’s life. It doesn’t occur in the media or latest gossip, online or otherwise. It doesn’t depend on our...
I’ve Been Paying Attention Way Too Long
I started deeply questioning "reality" shortly after assuming professional responsibilities at the Christian Civic League of Maine in the early 1990s (thirty five years ago). My undergraduate degree in Religion/Philosophy gave me very rudimentary mental tools that...
The Sexual Revolution’s Reich
Five days before a brand new Maine institution called the Christian Civic League of Maine (CCLM) pledged to encourage all the people of Maine in good citizenship Wilhelm Reich joined the human race in what is now Ukraine. Reich was born on March 24, 1897. Since that...
Wit Vs. Truth — Tragic Hero Larry Lockman
I've known Larry Lockman since 1990 -- thirty five years. He made me his enemy, and kept it that way, ever since. He's good at keeping enemies once he's made them, unless his enemy is gay. Click here for his latest column length demonstration of intelligence and...
Is Criticism of Jews Allowed in Maine
I'm living in a self assigned ghetto for some inexplicable reason. Maybe blogging about it will help me understand. I know I'm not alone in this. I suspect it is a simple case of Stockholm Syndrome. I've developed a psychological bond with my oppressors. Stockholm...
Pageau Deserves to be Understood — He is Doing God’s Work
When you click on the image above a Substack article will open. It is a defense of Eastern Orthodox influencer Jonathan Pageau. He produces content under the brand, "The Symbolic World." The writer observes, Maybe you received a good education. In that case, glory...
I Can Sure Relate
Easter of 2020, during the great lockdown, I entered the Roman Catholic Church. This artist speaks for me describing his reasons for entering the Church. His reasons are only the tip of an iceberg of religious thinking for me. There is so much more. I thought and...
Tesla Losing Value
This British YouTuber points out that Musk's Tesla is losing value. He argues that Elon Musk is now toxic because so many Americans think of him as the destroyer of their government. Trump's MAGA doesn't go there, of course. They see him as Dark Maga, the fixer. ...
Finally Met Hippie Chick and Truthslinger
A couple hours ago I got to meet Tim and Jen for the first time. They are known on X as "Truthslinger" and "Hippie Chick." They left their Maine wilderness hideout and drove to Augusta to support Maine's political intelligentsia who were rallying to support an end...