Doomsday is the only word that fits—but let us name this madness with the surgical clarity this moment demands. On the fourth anniversary of a war they have already lost, London and Paris have apparently decided that the answer is not negotiation, not dignity, not the basic statesmanship of…
Thirty-five years ago, American political scientist Francis Fukuyama made a name for himself by advancing the proposition that the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union promised the ascendency and universalization of so-called Western liberal democracy. As a Marxist-Hegelian who saw the progression of history…
For sometime I have made the point that America’s enemies are at home, not in Iran, Russia, and China. Last night at Trump’s State of the Union speech, the Democrats proved me to be correct. Trump asked the members of the US Congress to stand up if they agreed…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is calling for sweeping changes to the American food system, arguing that ultra-processed foods are driving the nation’s chronic disease crisis and pledging to expand access to whole foods through federal policy changes. Kennedy said the United States faces the highest chronic disease burden in…
When I was a wee lad back in America 1.0, I never noticed how poorly everything was run. When my parents bought anything, I don’t remember them having to take it back because something was wrong with it. They certainly didn’t spend a lot of time calling companies with…
Jeffrey Epstein and the Rothschilds. In February 2016, Jeffrey Epstein wrote an email to Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, with a sentence that should have made the front page of every newspaper in the Western world: “As you probably know, I represent the Rothschilds.” The sentence is…
Years ago, during my time as an Engineering Officer in the Canadian Navy, I was responsible for the department that oversaw the ships various water systems. For those unfamiliar with water (not the substance itself but the categories), there are three types, potable, grey, and black. Potable water is…
T.S. Eliot wrote “…This is the way the world ends[,] Not with a bang but a whimper.” We expect a sound to accompany any collapse, an ending, a grand finale – but little did we know that the sound of the end of the US military superpower would be…
Elliot WilliamsFive Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York’s Explosive ‘80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial that Divided the NationNew York: Penguin Press, 2026 “Wheel of Fortune, Sally RideHeavy metal suicideForeign debts, homeless vetsAIDS, crack, Bernie GoetzHypodermics on the shores China’s under martial lawRock and Roller cola warsI can’t…
The late season of democracy approaches its reckoning. The modern West speaks constantly of democracy, procedure, and shared values, yet beneath the language of committees and conferences a different mood gathers strength. Institutions persist, elections continue, parliaments debate, and courts issue opinions, yet public trust thins year after year.
