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Greater Chicagoland Pagan Pride drew hundreds to Riis Park for workshops, ritual, and activism under the theme “Revolutionary Reflections,” balancing community celebration with resilience after disruptions by evangelical protesters crashed the event.
At a 90-minute rally-like gathering, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth outlined planned changes to the U.S. military, blasting “wokeness,” tightening combat standards for women, and vowing “no more beardos” or Nordic Pagans in the ranks.
Russian propaganda blames witches, pagan imagery, “black magic,” and even Celtic festivals for military setbacks in Ukraine, weaving the absurd with the sinister. These tales of “satanic altars” and aircraft-destroying witches mask battlefield failures while mobilizing religious fear at home and abroad.
Erick DuPree on what Gothic novels can teach us about society, then and now.
Spurred by FBI Director Kash Patel’s unexpected invocation of Valhalla following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Karl E. H. Seigfried asks: if, as Heathens, “we are our deeds,” how should we view the life and death of Kirk?