Much has been made recently of Marco Rubio’s shaky financial situation. Apparently, he has failed to “cash in” on his political connections. For example, Nancy Pelosi became a multi-millionaire during her tenure in Congress. Hilary Clinton, who allegedly was living…
Category: Politics
Regenerating Humanity
One of the distinguishing features of modern societies is a nagging sense of dissatisfaction. In a Traditional society, there is a feeling of solidarity: the Ancient City was regarded as having a divine founder who established its laws and rules…
Random Thoughts for December
Hate to say I told you so We must not therefore reproach each other with our mistakes and errors, but must guard against the only danger which peoples who have reached a high level of civilisation and knowledge need fear,…
Left, Right, Neocon, New Right
These terms are tossed about without any clear definition; hence, we want to analyze these categories in terms of Tradition to see if a brighter light can clarify them. I will be using the analysis provided by Vladimir Solovyov in…
Occupy?
What is a man of Tradition to make of the Occupy Wall Street movements (hereafter OWS)? Is it friend or foe? Is it a grounds for action? A sign of the times? Another proof of the Kali Yuga? I have…
The Evil Other
This particular piece does not relate to traditional issues directly, but it does relate to Evola’s view that in undertaking all actions, one must be dispassionate, but committed, to the final end. I have noticed in a few conversations I have had…
Planned Obsolesence
As we develop our analysis of Tradition here and at Gornahoor, as well as a critique of the modern world, there will arise several reasons why Tradition is preferable to modernity. One reason I will briefly reflect upon here is…
The Rights of Man
As we take the French Revolution as the tipping point separating modernity from tradition, its dogmas can be found in the Declaration on the Rights of Man. Article 1 Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social…
Nationalism
Many on the right stay on guard with vigilance against the snares of socialism, communism, anarchism, and leftism in general. What is often unfortunately offered as an alternative, however, to the misfortune of right, is Nationalism. Nationalism is defined in Wikipedia thus:…
Modern Nostalgia
One of the continuing projects of the Traditional movement has been the refining and synthesizing of Tradition and the origins of it. One tends to find that this task is more easily accomplished apophaticaly, that is to say, it is…