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Free Speech and Good Speech
"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." - Soren Kierkegaard I look, always,...
Peter Critchley
Feb 13, 20217 min read


Observations on current controversies over Free Speech
Observations on Free Speech If you think a Twitter ban is Orwellian, then you really have been leading a charmed, privileged, and...
Peter Critchley
Feb 13, 202114 min read


Beyond Symptoms
It looks like the US finally found a US-backed coup that it didn't like. At least, I hope that enough Americans didn’t like it to finally...
Peter Critchley
Jan 12, 202113 min read


Make Orwell Fiction Again
The horn-wearing Q-shaman carrying a six-foot spear with an American stars and stripes flag tied just below the blade has been arrested....
Peter Critchley
Jan 11, 202117 min read


Conspirituality: a Modern Distemper
‘Conspirituality’ refers to the over-lap between New Age / wellness culture and conspiracy culture. I would like to comment on issues...
Peter Critchley
Jan 7, 202113 min read


Rational Freedom: Reconciling Autonomy and Authority
I’ve just received a new article from Unheard in my inbox, ‘Libertarianism Never Ends Well’ by Mary Harrington, December 23 2020. The...
Peter Critchley
Dec 23, 202037 min read


How the Sophist Politics of the Contemporary ‘Left’ Liberates the Rich and Powerful
How the Sophist Politics of the Contemporary ‘Left’ Liberates the Rich and Powerful I shall begin by commenting on the recent article How...
Peter Critchley
Dec 18, 202025 min read


Redeeming Empty Promises
Redeeming Empty Promises I have been reading Jeffrey Hart, Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe: Toward the Revival of Higher...
Peter Critchley
Aug 5, 202080 min read
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