Apr 26Stuff I learned in the ArmyI’ve been an anti-imperialist of one sort or another since 1993, and a pacifist since 2007 or thereabouts. I’ve counseled against joining the military — to no avail, given that two of our own kids joined the Army anyway. So what I’m about to write about some “positives” or at…The Army14 min readThe Army14 min read
Apr 24Major No-NameCamp Virtue, Afghanistan July 15, 2010 WAS IT THURSDAY? Pedro Correa, laying shirtless on his cot, gazed past the rolled tent wall and through the mosquito screen, watching a lone leaden cloud mutate, while he halfheartedly tried to remember. One arm lay across his forehead, the other over his abdomen…Short Story13 min readShort Story13 min read
Apr 15Bio-libertarianism, Meat-Lego Gnosticism, and other mattersReview of Feminism Against Progress, by Mary Harrington, 2023, Regnery Press, 250 pages. Today, love is being positivized into sexuality, and, by the same token, subjected to a commandment to perform. Sex means achievement and performance. And sexiness represents capital to be increased. The body — with its display value…Mary Harrington42 min readMary Harrington42 min read
Mar 25Failure of the secularAppendix to “The Battle of Woke Hill” And now I say to you, stand back from these men and leave them; for if this movement or this work is from men it will be destroyed; but if it is from God you will not be able to destroy them; you…Secularism42 min readSecularism42 min read
Mar 15Fishing famIt’s 21 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now. Clear, with the Southeastern treeline painted orange and salmon as the sun’s drawn up out of the horizon. The snow outside warmed to 34 yesterday. It’s refrozen now and cracks underfoot. Today is the Ides of March, for you Shakespeare fans. …Fishing10 min readFishing10 min read
Feb 26The Battle of Woke HillA stupid person is a real thing. — Haitian proverb I write this not as a righteous man, but as a sinner. You can apply that confession throughout. I’m also a presumptuous and un-pretty man, a philosophical and theological novitiate — a dilettante were I less serious about what I…Catholic92 min readCatholic92 min read
Feb 19Stand by, pleaseI know I took a break in putting out the Desire book, and I’ve been on radio silence for a bit. Working on a long piece on the Woke Wars, which has turned into a wrestling match with a graphomanic anaconda. Thanks for your patience.1 min read1 min read
Feb 2Microchip AnnihilationWhen you can kill your enemy, every part of your life is better. Your food tastes better. Your marriage is stronger. — General Mike Minihan On January 27th, a leaked memorandum came to light from General Mike Minihan, Commander of the Air Force’s Air Mobility Command, in which this man…6 min read6 min read
Jan 12DesireCopyright © Stan Goff 2023, All Rights Reserved an online freebook NOTE to readers: I’m posting this book on chapter a day, each day adding a new one . . . hopefully. Some days will get dropped, because that’s how things are. My goal is to get the whole thing…Desire216 min readDesire216 min read
Jan 10Germany takeawaysSome first reflections for 2023 We haven’t been on a plane together, Sherry and me, since we returned from Costa Rica in 2011. In my winter years, I’ve come to hate air travel . . . or I should say airports and commercial aircraft. My rather substantial hearing loss is…Germany11 min readGermany11 min read
