Growing the publication meant getting in new people. I was asked if Van Harvey could be a part of this project. I had never heard of the man, so I went to check his works. I was blown away. Then I had to get him on a call. He instantly fit in with the goals and the group.
We did an expirement for his firs contributions. It was called Van Week, and though I don’t think the format worked well, the content published was great.
Check Van Week articles here:
The Questionable Label of 'Libertarian'
Now sure, I can see how a couple of my tweets could lead someone to think I sound "Libertarian", as with noting that von Mises & Hayek were correct in what they had to say about many technical aspects of an economy - especially as regards inflation. But as I'd quickly replied to not only deny that I was, but also followed it up by noting that where thos…
He also let us publish this post recently:
First Questions; First Principles
Why 1st Principles? The narratives that allow no crisis to go to waste
We had fun trying to get a decent image for that one. Looks like the library gang is about to teach you a lesson, but I digress.
Many are great at putting out Twitter/X threads. They are thoughtful posts, but they end up disappearing as ephemera. So when Willa posted a great thread, I had to get her to let us make it into an article. She was in and we did.
She knows her stuff and is great to work with.
Here are here two articles.
I don’t know I Julie was on my radar before her documentary came out. And Beneath Sheep’s Clothing was a great documentary. I watched that film multiple times and shared it out as much as I could. So, of course, I had to hit up Julie for an article. She liked what we had going on and let us publish the story of how the book, and then eventual documentary, came to be. If you watched the film, and you should, you will enjoy the story behind it. Read it here:
How Beneath Sheep’s Clothing Came to Be
In 1997 I was a fresh college graduate who embarked on an LDS mission to Russia for a year and a half. I had taken 5 semesters of Russian but even after 9 weeks of intensive language study at the LDS Missionary Training Center, it still took me a good 2-3 months in Russia before I could hold a conversation with anyone other than the most patient of indi…
Watch the film here:
https://beneathsheepsclothing.movie/
One of the dynamos to be a part of the team is Courtenay Turner. She is almost too difficult to describe. She is erudite and courageous and has a pace like no other. I commented to a mutual friend that one of my contributors was supposed to write me a post and that it wound up being a book. He instantly asked “Courtenay?” I said “yes” and we both laughed. Of course it was Courtenay Turner. She was featured in the cross-posts but here are the rest of the articles she let us publish.
Have Americans Become Shameful instead of Grateful?
Thanksgiving is often thought of as a joyous celebration for many Americans to feast amongst friends, family and loved ones! While we all have reasons to be grateful that are personal to us, we also have much to celebrate as a nation! The earth and soil this country inhabits is bountiful in beauty and resources, but I think what makes the United States …
The Woke Right's Cultural Counterrevolution
Christopher Rufo and the “woke right”—a “conservative” faction wielding progressive-style cultural strategies—have adopted the tactics of Antonio Gramsci, the Frankfurt School, and Saul Alinsky to combat progressive ideologies like critical race theory (CRT) and DEI. By repurposing Gramsci’s cultural hegemony, the Frankfurt School’s critical deconstruct…
You should probably also check out her podcast. She has great guests. Here’s an episode, chosen at random, for reals…
(I’m such a dork.)
https://rumble.com/v5eja11-ep.434-launching-correspondence-theory-w-unmitigated-a-the-courtenay-turner.html
Constantly searching for good minds to publish is a challenge. So when a suggestion comes in, I pay attention. I was told to try and get Rian Stone. I had no idea who he was, but what can one lose by asking. I sent a cold DM and he said yes.
Turns out Rian is quite a prominent figure online and an author to boot.
Here are the two articles he sent in:
I am currently reading his newest book- Softbone: Down and Out in New Kowloon (Jake Long). It is a wild ride. A review is in order.
Get it here: rianstone.com/softbone
Another suggested contributor was Chris Nerpin, and he was nowhere on my radar. So it was with complete surprise at how well he fit into the groove and how extremely well he could write. He has a style that is something else. Acerbic yet thoughtful, punchy but playful, direct and honest. Chris is who he is. He has been great to work with and has written some of the most popular articles we have put out. They were more “current events” than I really wanted to put out, and they proved that time-sensitive quality thinking is important.
Read them here:
As you’ve probably started to ascertain, I am a DM warrior. So when Mark Changizi announced that he had a new book coming out, I had to pounce. I always found Mark to be very principled and level headed. And we got to publish the first chapter of his book as a preview for our audience. Appreciate Mark and his work.
Read:
Another new name to me was Phil. He went by the name Hoist The Black Flag. He has since changed monikers to try a get around the algorithms. Phil has been a pleasure to work with. He always has an odd type of contrarianism in his works. He sees what is being said and takes a different analysis. He makes you think.
Phil is also a prolific. He puts out a lot of content. I once joked to him that, if he sent in anymore articles, that I would have to change this publications name to “Phil Theory.”
His first post was an origin story:
Hoisttheblackflag!!!
I honestly never thought of myself as a conservative. Still don’t really. Yes, I have some conservative beliefs but as far as I can remember these developed later in life. Perhaps the old saying is true, “If you aren’t a liberal when you’re young you have no heart and if you’re not a conservative when you’re old you have no brain.” Not long ago, when I …
The rest were commentary:
Trudeau and Trump
I ran across a quote the other day that resonated with me. I found it cynical, witty, and dishearteningly accurate. It is something that if taught to grade school children, might prevent much of the simpleminded political analysis we see today.
Another newcomer was Canadian Beaver, a pseudo-anon account. Analyzing and posting about the cultural side of politics is his jam. Good dude and a long, yet important, post on radicalization here:
I have been a big fan of James Lindsay for a long time. I’ve been pestering him in his DMs for close around 5 years. So, you’re darned right I hectored him in to letting me publish something. I got an open letter, that was an X post, and that was awesome.
Here it is:
And I still laugh that New Discourses links to TURDs. Read the previous post to if you don’t get the joke.
With growing tensions in Canada many of us Canadians are looking for answers. I am an Albertan. And there is talk about separation. David Parker, a local legend, put out a thread on what the ethos would need to be for Alberta should it separate.
This ethos goes beyond just the current political landscape. It should be what we all strive for all the time. There is an old SMW aphorism that says “What do? Just do!”
David’s message is similar. It is to build.
Read it here:
The group of contributors has grown a lot. The posts are so numerous that I am referencing a spreadsheet to make sure I get all of them.
Anyways, I was pointed towards Melanie Bennet, a Canadian journalist, for another cold DM. I asked for a post and she was happy to make one. We worked out some details and we got a great post. It was outside of her usual posts but fit in perfectly with what Correspondence Theory was all about.
Read it here:
The next character is the unsung hero of the group. I said that I pinged a mutual during the inception of this project. That mutual was Russell. He had me on his podcast a long time ago and is now my right-hand man in this project. We went from mutuals to good friends pretty quick. There aren’t words to properly explain his efforts and help in making all this happen.
He wrote an article and it is good:
My Twitter/X persona is unmitigatedAss. Somehow I have found really good people who read my messaging and ignore, or enjoy, my social camouflage. And I run that persona for good reasons. It filters out the crowd.
That means that I can have faith in smaller accounts who want to be a part of what we have going on.
One such person was Don Marshall. Here is his heartwarming post. He is the perfect example of someone who wants the world to be better and will write an inspiring article to help that happen.
I really like this one.
Throughout this last year, I know we have inspired people to do more. I get the DMs, we get the views/likes/shares. But nothing makes me happier than seeing new projects come to be. One of our in-house readers decided to start his own Non-Profit up.
Introducing the American Epistemology Institute:
This whole last year has been a ride. Things have not been easy, but they haven’t been hard. And I mean that in a certain way. The effort has been almost second nature. I like to do this. And the friends I have around me are so helpful and like to do it too. But there has been struggles, and stress, and missed deadlines, and all that.
I love it still.
I encourage you to visit, or revisit, the posts we have done. There is wisdom in them.
We have a bunch of cool stuff coming up. You may have noticed that there are now podcasts to accompany the articles. That will continue. And we are going to try and expand from there.
Who knows what another year will bring.
Thank you to the contributors, team members, and to you the audience.
This all warms my heart.
Cheers,
Jeff (unmitigatedAss), founder