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The Lenten lunch at Lviv’s Holy Spirit Seminary was sacrificially bland—and Ukrainian cuisine ain’t exactly Cajun to begin with—but I wouldn’t have traded it for a feast. For it served up a unique and surprising encounter with the living past. “Do you see the priest at the end of the table?” asked the rector, Fr. Sviotoslav Shevchuk. Clearly the priest … [Read More]

The second part of this essay can be found here. With memories still slick from the worst blood-letting in history, followed by the less dramatic horrors of the Soviet “peace,” the modern-day evil I witnessed wasn’t the worst thing ever to have happened in the city of Lviv, western Ukraine. But it surely was the offspring of the grossly satanic … [Read More]

Matthew Rarey

The Anatomy of Cruelty

by Matthew Rarey on September 17, 2007

When H. G. Wells wrote his fantastic tale about a scientist who breeds human-animal hybrids with sadistic intent—created to destroy one another, plus any humans unfortunate enough to wash up on The Island of Dr. Moreau—that utopian socialist probably didn’t envision his own country becoming another island of lost souls.   Morally speaking, however, modern-day Britain increasingly resembles the futuristic dystopia … [Read More]

Recently the poster advertisement at the bus stop on 8th and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, a mile from the Capitol, had a spring make-over. Bye-bye went one of the mysterious city-wide tributes to Nancy Pelosi. (“Congratulations, Madame Speaker” read the slogan above the over-stretched visage of the underprivileged daughter of the late mayor of Baltimore. There was no attribution to the ad’s … [Read More]

“’Morning, ma’am,” I greeted her, wishing I had a cap to doff but making up for it with a broad smile. “Why, good ’mornin’, son! How ya’ feelin’?” answered the sprightly little black church lady, well past retirement age and wearing a beautiful white hat with little lavender-colored flowers. So began a simply beautiful Sunday, the first real day of spring … [Read More]

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Re: That’s Professor Ozzy Osbourne to You!


In response to Mr. Stove’s call for research into the overlap of metal-heads and Takimag-addicts, I think he would be quite surprised to find at least three such instances right under … [Read More]

Posted by Devin Reid Saucier on November 07, 2009


Generating Degenerates


Bonking in shantytown? Feeling sexy and slumming it? No one blames you, life is rough, and there isn’t much else to do but get wasted.  But no more babies! Says Mayor … [Read More]

Posted by Mandolyna Theodoracopulos on November 07, 2009


That’s Professor Ozzy Osbourne to You!


It’s been a while since any of us Russell Kirk types could work up much interest in the heavy metal genre’s subtler nuances. (Admittedly, a Google search for “Russell Kirk + … [Read More]

Posted by R.J. Stove on November 07, 2009


Elf Care


In these uncertain times perhaps you have considered going back to school. How about Iceland’s Elf School? With a syllabus, classrooms, textbooks, diplomas, and ongoing research, Álfaskólinn (Elf School) teaches about … [Read More]

Posted by Christina Oxenberg on November 07, 2009


The New Economy


MISH has picked up on an important aspect of the recent job numbers that shouldn’t be overlooked. Not all sectors are shrinking… 190,000 jobs were lost in total vs. 263,000 jobs … [Read More]

Posted by Richard Spencer on November 06, 2009