When Narcissism Becomes Megalomania

Click Here to Read: When Narcissism Becomes Megalomania: Tracking the Scary Deterioration of Trump’s Mind (Vol. 6; Issue 4) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD in his Journeys into the Unconscious Mind Newsletter on January 28, 2026.

A sign altered in December 2025 marks “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts” Image: Dclemens1971. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Why Ailing Trump Is Paranoid About Mental Decline

Click Here to View: Why Ailing Trump Is Paranoid About Mental Decline: The Daily Beast  Podcast on You Tuble.

Dr. John Gartner joins Joanna Coles to explain why Donald Trump’s worsening paranoia, erratic behavior, and visible health problems point to a dangerous mix of malignant narcissism and possible frontotemporal dementia. Drawing on clinical practice and the shift toward observable diagnostic criteria, Gartner argues that Trump’s public performances reveal more than enough: the “25th time” fixation, the aspirin theories, the right-side weakness, and the drifting, rambling speeches. The conversation ends with a stark question: What happens when a country is governed by a man whose greatest vulnerability is his own deteriorating mind?

Dante and Milton, Religion and Politics

Click Here to Read:  Dante and Milton, Religion and Politics: Four centuries and a thousand miles apart, each epic poet was traumatized by bloody factional strife that tore his country to pieces. One craved a worldwide monarchy. The other supported a regicide by Jamey Hecht on his Substack on January 6, 2026.

Gustav Doré, Satan Confronting Sin and Death at the Gates of Hell, c 1880. Woodcut on wove paper by Francois Pannemaker and Albert Doms. Collection of the Satanic Temple.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Accountability: We must never just turn the page

Click Here to Read: Accountability: We must never just turn the page by Elliot Kirschner on his Throught the Fog Substack  on January 10, 2026.

Protesters at Foley Square by the federal government building protesting the ICE killing of Renee Good hours earlier. People spoke at the monument, before walking around 26 Federal Plaza, and ending back at Foley Squar Image: SWinxy.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.