My attention was arrested the other day by a rather nifty post on social media from a poster not previously known to me. It showed a map of the Earth with the land areas colored in either red or blue. The red areas were those where…
One wonders how much longer Putin and Lavrov will take it or even if they comprehend the situation. For four years Putin and Lavrov have demonstrated enormous interest in ending the conflict by resolving the basic cause. The West has never bothered to understand that the basis of the…
If you were alive to witness the events of 9/11, you probably remember the sudden emergence of the “Coexist” bumper stickers and t-shirts across the US after the tragedy. The intended message being that different cultures must be “tolerant” of each other and live in harmony. If you caught…
“Somebody decided Charlie Kirk was a danger to the status quo. The battle runs deep.” – Col. Douglas Macgregor “Charlie Kirk was evolving to have serious concerns about Israel. His murder silences that evolution and makes him a valuable martyr to serve the very anti-Christian forces that executed him.”…
“Every boat we strike saves the lives of 25,000 Americans,” says Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Wouldn’t that be something if it were true! How simple the problems of our post-imperial US world would be! The White House press conference of October 23rd centered on the President, sitting on…
Japan’s place in the US’ Chinese Containment Coalition just rose as a result of the unexpected Sino-Indo rapprochement, prior to which the US wanted India to play a complementary role, so Japan is now at the forefront of this effort. Putin’s senior aide Nikolai Patrushev gave an interview to …
The “Peace President” prefers creating lots of enemies We are nine months into the Donald Trump presidency and the road ahead seems pretty clear. There is an unsustainable one trillion dollar Pentagon budget supporting a newly renamed Department of War and Washington is engaged in conflicts that could escalate…
Japan has elected its first female prime minister — Sanae Takaichi. This is a very serious sign. All over the world, liberal ideology is collapsing. Since the early 1990s, it has dominated politics, economics, and culture — virtually unchallenged. Yet after thirty-five years of unbroken rule, liberalism has reached…
Liberal thought has long been associated with a defense of democracy. Not unconditionally, certainly, but at least for instrumental reasons. Democracy appeared, despite its flaws, as the best mechanism for guaranteeing social peace and preserving individual liberties. Thus, “classical” liberals like Benjamin Constant, Alexis de Tocqueville, or Lord Acton…
While diplomats labored to produce the Dayton Accords in 1995, then-Secretary of Defense Bill Perry advised, “No agreement is better than a bad agreement.” Given that Washington’s allies in London, Paris, Berlin and Warsaw are opposed to any outcome that might end the war in Ukraine, no…
