by Philip Farruggio | Jul 31, 2025 | Blog
In Eric Kurlander’s 2017 book Hitler’s Monsters he sums up the whole ‘Fuehrer Messiah Complex’ in a nutshell: “In the Nazi version of history and politics, Hitler figured as a redeemer who would save the German nation and lead a godly...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 29, 2025 | Blog, CounterCurrents
I drive up US1 through Daytona Beach, Florida and suddenly they appear. The men (usually) stand by the stoplights holding crude cardboard signs they have made. The message is how they need monetary help for their next meal, and in many instances the hidden need for...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 26, 2025 | Blog
When you’re a five year old you really don’t know what is occurring away from your focus. There I was, a little boy from the streets of Brooklyn, NY, USA now transported to some farm in the country. That meant upstate NY with all kinds of animals flowing...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 25, 2025 | Blog
A must see for everyone concerned about the state of our Republic is Petra Costa’s 2024 documentary Apocalypse in the Tropics. Ms. Costa captures the essence of the far right wing evangelical movement in Brazil that pushed Jair Bolsonaro into the presidency in...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 18, 2025 | Blog
Before one can tell a tale properly one needs to go further back in time. Five years before I was born my mother gave birth to a dead child. She carried the fetus for the entire term and then, horrifically, the baby strangled on the umbilical cord and was delivered...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 16, 2025 | Blog, CounterCurrents
It must have been when the last bomb was dropped, annihilating the entire planet. As usual, the cause of this horrific destruction was when a few jackasses went ahead and followed the lead of the fool from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. As the Capitol was disintegrating into...