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Things That Are Caesar’s
In the first installment of The 9/11 Necromancy, the question was raised: how exactly did the attacks of September 11, 2001 manage to catch a nation of 280 million patriots entirely by surprise? Was...
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How Long Will Monarchy Survive in Swaziland?
by Phil Ingram If the world learned anything from the pathetic spectacle of the Queen’s jubilee last summer, it’s that there is no longer room in this world for kings and queens. Of the twenty-eight...
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A Traitor in the Land of Happy Childhood: Vladimir Sorokin
by Phil Ingram Vladimir Sorokin In the Ontology of Social Being, György Lukács points out that successful labor represents a human victory over animal instinct and mastery of emotion, which is why it...
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Fuck Happiness, Fuck Shangri La, and If You’re Down with the King of Bhutan,...
by Ansgar Magnus Some shrine commemorating the Dragon King of Bhutan’s wedding The Kingdom of Bhutan loves to portray itself as a happy and peaceful little slice of Buddhist heaven called Shangri La,...
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The Prince Who Got Screwed Up
by S. M. A. A little bit of modern capitalist theology: – Is the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal richer than God? – Certainly – Is the Prince happy? – Certainly not – Why is the Prince unhappy? – Because his...
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Cunning of Reason Appears in 2013 Bhutanese Parliamentary Elections
Dear Readers of Selecting Stones, Results returned yesterday from Bhutan’s 2013 parliamentary elections, revealing a surprise upset victory by the opposition People’s Democratic Party over the ruling...
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And The Earth Is Satisfied, So Satisfied
The Quest for Mount Zion Problem and the Repeated Generation of Giant Phantasmagorias in the Twenty-First Century by Ansgar Magnus and Bruno Fournier The ancient philosopher Thales set himself the task...
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