The Inner Cabinet and the Outer Media
Edward Curtin “One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it — it was the black kitten’s fault entirely.”Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass Anyone…
The Carefully Contrived Spontaneity of the “Shocking” Epstein Files Release
By Edward Curtin for Behind the Curtin Whenever a “scandal” like the Epstein files dominates the news, we can be certain that it is meant as a distraction from something…
A Comforter in the Storm
By Edward Curtin “What is the nature of the search? you ask. The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own…
Fifty‑Eight Years Later, the Truth About MLK’s Murder Still Terrifies America
By Edward Curtin Very few Americans are aware of the truth behind the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the United States’ celebrated civil rights icon. They know that…
Swinging on a Double Action Heinous Hinge with Donald Trump
Anything anyone can say about the demagogic Donald Trump is true, whether it comes from his critics, his supporters, or those who look on in amazed horror and fascination that…
Listening to Frank Sinatra on New Year’s Eve
Do people fly south in the winter time to find new leaves, only to find their old selves when they get there?
Friedrich Nietzsche Asks George Clooney, ‘Jay Kelly,’ and Us: What is an Actor?
At the time I laughed but really didn’t get it. Now I do. I really do.
Great Was Its Fall
By Edward Curtin / Original to ScheerPost When it comes, it comes on slowlyThe day feels holy, a hush falls downWhispered names, remembered facesFrom desperate places, all gather ‘round– Tom…
62 Years Later: Revisiting JFK’s Assassination Through Edward Curtin’s New Book
Today, the 62nd anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, we are publishing a chapter from Edward Curtin’s new book, “At the Lost and Found: Personal & Political…
Mechanical Mikey and the Theater of War
What are they still marching for?
Out of Time
The modern view of time asserts it is an objective measurement; it ticks away and for everyone ends in death. So fight the clock; fight death. Hurry, hurry! Run, Rabbit,…
Martyrs to the Unspeakable: A Luminous Tapestry of Truth
It is a book that could only be written by a man sustained by a spiritual faith that inspired his four subjects to face their own deaths without flinching, so…
The Silent Singing Bird of Flamboyant Plumage
Silence. Without it, we are bereft of meaningful words and end up talking repetitive gibberish, small talk.
Trump Said It: ‘There’s No Better Word Than Stupid’
By Edward Curtin / Behind the Curtain For anyone who still thinks Donald Trump does not represent the interests of what is called “the deep state” but is actually the…
The Satanic Nature of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What follows is a revised and updated version of an essay from my 2020 book, Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies.