S.J. Kerrigan

AI and The End of Civilization

S.J. Kerrigan — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 02:40:45 +0000

We have reached the end of civilization, or at least civilization still governed by human beings. Evolutionarily speaking, our rule has been a blip in human history. Before civilization, we’ve lived subject to the old gods: weather, natural disasters, random chance, and of course, death. Now, with the exception of death, we have largely conquered […]

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The Vice of Kings, Jasun Horsley (2019)

S.J. Kerrigan — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 21:06:00 +0000

(This book review contains a discussion of violent sexual abuse. I’ve kept descriptions as brief as possible, but this will be hard to read and discretion is advised. You can purchase this book through this Amazon affiliate link. Doing so helps support this website.) Do pedophiles run the world? Do the global elite use sexual […]

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Four Wednesdays in January

S.J. Kerrigan — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 22:55:32 +0000

In 2012, a man named Peter Turchin predicted that by 2020 the US would reach “peak instability” marked by violent unrest and major social upheaval. Turchin is one of those “cycle guys.” That means he looks for patterns in history to help predict the future. He’s an ecologist, evolutionary biologist, and mathematician at the University […]

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Hollywood’s Failed Plan to Conquer Reality

S.J. Kerrigan — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 20:37:07 +0000

Remember Archie Bunker from the 1971 TV show All in the Family? In it’s stride, it was a number one show and drew viewers from over 21 million households. By the Hollywood standards of then and today, Bunker was a authoritarian, racist, sexist, anti-semite, homophobic “Nazi.” He used nearly every religious and ethnic slur you […]

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Impossible Justice: Why Congress Has No Moral Authority

S.J. Kerrigan — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 05:14:33 +0000

The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court Senate confirmation hearings reminds me a lot of another congressional hearing in the early 1990s. No, I’m not talking about Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill. I’m thinking of the testimony by the 15-year-old Nayirah al-Ṣabaḥ in 1990, just prior to the United States first war in Iraq. To understand this […]

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The Rise of the American Crisis Cult

S.J. Kerrigan — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 06:04:44 +0000

Every election cycle, voters hope that a savior or an organized group of righteous elites will come along and reinvigorate the economy, raise wages, restore communities, and reform broken institutions. When these bearers of hope fail to provide even a modest reprieve, the cycle begins anew. They hope that the next Clinton, the next Obama, […]

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Barron Trump the Synchronicity Kid

S.J. Kerrigan — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 23:39:01 +0000

By now, most people reading this will have heard of the Alt-right. Are they really just racist trolls, or are they the right wing version of Occupy Wall Street: young, technologically savvy, and a bit counterculture? Perhaps they are both or neither depending on who you ask, but the Alt-right is defined less by their beliefs […]

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American Spirit Radio Interview – July 22, 2017

S.J. Kerrigan — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 17:37:47 +0000

Last month I was interviewed on my book, “Bureaucratic Insanity” by Progressive Spirit Radio. It’s now been posted. I’m in segment A. http://www.prx.org/pieces/210953?m=false

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Trump’s Targeting by Intelligence Community Rhymes with Nixon’s Outting; Marks Beginning of ‘Cold Civil War’

S.J. Kerrigan — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:02:02 +0000

It’s now widely recognized that there is a kind of Cold-Civil War going on now within the US government, between President Donald Trump and the intelligence community, which has become increasingly adversarial. Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, an establishment writer who has long defended the CIA, provided the early details of national security adviser, Gen. Michael Flynn’s phone […]

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An American Color Revolution?

S.J. Kerrigan — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 20:13:50 +0000

It is wildly ineffective to try and convince people that Trump is dangerous if protesters carry Mexican flags while burning US flags, smash storefronts, and are photographed acting in an even mildly threatening demeanor. Effective protest have to work just like political campaigns. They have to be unoffensive, measured, and carry a ‘common-man’ sensibility. Based on […]

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