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Maurice Brinton's analysis of the bizarre mass suicide of a socialist cult led by American Jim Jones in Jonestown, Guyana, which discusses the dynamics of political sects in general.

From the blog of Peter Chester Arnold at The Times of Israel

Expectations can either motivate us or destroy our dreams once they become too high. Here are insightful expectation quotes we've compiled.

There are certain things Malaysians just do not talk about.

Expectations can either motivate us or destroy our dreams once they become too high. Here are insightful expectation quotes we've compiled.

Letters: I’d really like to know is columnist Yousef Baig a communist?

I was worried long before Trump and the Capitol riot, as political jousting turned zealous and well-off friends called America a disastrous mess.

The Fresh Toast - Cannabis and celebrities seem to go increasingly hand in hand. - Celebrity

From the intro, here’s what it’s designed to explain: “This book deals with some of the peculiarities common to all mass movements, be they religious movements, social revolutions, or national movements. It does not maintain that all movements are identical, but that they share certain essential characteristics which give them a family likeness.” As political junkies, this is right up our alley — and I found it to be very illuminating. Hopefully, you will feel the same way. The fact t...

When I consider all the seemingly irrational things that Democrats promote, the only explanation for which is a blind lust for power, I am reminded of an Eric Hoffer quote: “Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents. Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a god, but never without belief in a devil.” To which I would add that not even Atheists could have witnessed the burning and plundering carried out by the Fascists in Antifa and BLM ov...