By Fredrik Thorslund This article is the second in a three-part series exploring the notion of utopia, the human search for a perfect society – and specifically – those who have tried and failed to establish them. You can read the first article of the series here. In Ayn Rand’s 1943 novel ”The Fountainhead”, the plot circles around the epic…
By Fredrik Thorslund This article is the third in a three-part series exploring the notion of utopia, the human search for a perfect society – and specifically – those who have tried and failed to establish them. You can read the first article here and the second article here. The…
Read MoreBy Fredrik Thorslund This article is the second in a three-part series exploring the notion of utopia, the human search for a perfect society – and specifically – those who have tried and failed to establish them. You can read the first article of the series here. In Ayn Rand’s…
Read MoreBy Fredrik Thorslund This article is the first in a three-part series exploring the notion of utopia, the human search for a perfect society – and specifically – those who have tried and failed to establish them. The rapid economic and territorial expansion of the US during the 19th century…
Read MoreBy Fredrik Thorslund “Next to shooting indigenous peoples, the surest way to kill us is to separate us from our part of the Earth.” – Hayden Burgess, Hawaiian attorney and activist They started appearing by the end of October last year – at first, sporadically, ominously, like gray hairs…
Read MoreBy Fredrik Thorslund On April 23rd, the French round up to vote in the first round of the presidential election. Of course, with the political scene of the free world seemingly having turned into a vau de ville, it is highly understandable to want to keep a cognitive distance from…
Read MoreBy Fredrik Thorslund Ett halvsekel med den svenska narkotikastrafflagen 1968 – ett år efter det att Jimi Hendrix slagit igenom med gräsrökarhymnen “Purple Haze” och Beatles släppt den suggestiva psykrocksballaden “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” – träder den första svenska narkotikastrafflagen i kraft. Under 1960-talet har narkotikamissbruk för första…
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