Numb at the Lodge

4 days ago | samkriss.substack.com | Sam Kriss

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedReviewed:On Democracies and Death Cults (book, Douglas Murray, London, 2025)Democracy (political form, Solon the Lawgiver, Athens, 594 BC)Death cult (attitude before the unknowable, unknown early humans, Qafzeh cave, Israel, 100,000 BC)Douglas Murray (contemptible little freak, Mr and Mrs Murray, London, 1979)Georges Ruggiu is a former special needs teacher from a small town in the south of Belgium.

1 month ago | samkriss.substack.com | Sam Kriss

It’s a bright cloudless day and you’re meeting your beautiful submissive girlfriend for a breakfast date. You’re meeting her at the soda fountain. You’re meeting her at the ice cream parlour. You’re meeting her at the drugstore to share a malted milk. You’ve been going steady with your main squeeze and now you’re meeting her at the folksy chrome-and-cream diner on Main Street in your quiet walkable 98% white small American town. It’s always a bright cloudless day.

Nov 6, 2024 | samkriss.substack.com | Sam Kriss

There are two factions in American politics, and they’re not evenly matched. As everyone knows, one of them contains all the smart people, the academics, the professionals, the people who’ve read the studies, learned the science, educated themselves, who eat well and own nice things made of wood, the good little boys and girls who want what’s best for everyone. It’s not polite to say this about the other side, but everyone is secretly aware that they are—let’s be honest here—morons.

Nov 6, 2024 | samkriss.substack.com | Sam Kriss

There are two factions in American politics, and they’re not evenly matched. As everyone knows, one of them contains all the smart people, the academics, the professionals, the people who’ve read the studies, learned the science, educated themselves, who eat well and own nice things made of wood, the good little boys and girls who want what’s best for everyone. It’s not polite to say this about the other side, but everyone is secretly aware that they are—let’s be honest here—morons.

Sep 1, 2024 | samkriss.substack.com | Sam Kriss

I thought it was my idea to rewatch Girls, or possibly my girlfriend’s idea; one of ours, anyway, or why else would we have done it? So we rewatched the first episode of Girls, and it turned out to be a very weird experience that caused me to receive several terrifying insights about the true nature of the universe and the unreality of time. I mentioned this to my friend Ed, and he said that he’d just started rewatching Girls with his sister.