In the Realm of the Banality of Evil, saying yes is always easy. The hard part is saying no, for reasons that have nothing to do with getting ahead. The Epstein files have unleashed a flood tide of bleatings of innocence and accusations of guilt by association. This is…
An eye-opening and massive number of C-17 Globemaster military transport and cargo planes have been observed heading to Europe and the Middle East, in what some monitors have forewarned looks like the build-up to major war in Iran. One regional watcher and pundit commented in response: “112 C-17s are…
MGT was one of the very best Congressmen, one of the few true-blue America First ones. She was also Trump’s leading supporter until she learned the hard way that Trump is not MAGA. He rewarded her loyalty by calling her a “traitor” while becoming best buddies with neo-con extremist…
Americans were forced to sit through one of their biggest cultural events of the year in a language that is not theirs, surrounded by symbols of other, foreign places. he Super Bowl is supposed to be one of the cultural cornerstones in American life that still belongs…
At the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, President Donald Trump called Republican Congressman Thomas Massie a “moron.” This is not remotely new for Trump. The president has called Massie a “grandstander” for holding up the $2 trillion Covid relief bill in March 2020. Trump has called for Massie to be…
On January 23, 2026, Adam Presser became CEO of TikTok’s newly formed U.S. joint venture following the forced sale that separated the platform from Chinese ownership. Within 48 hours, censorship reports exploded. Pro-Palestinian creators watched their reach plummet. Gaza journalist Bisan Owda, an Emmy winner with 1.4 million followers,…
Rome in winter is free of the frenetic chaos of the tourist season—which starts around Palm Sunday and ends in late October—to reveal the Eternal City’s intimate side. Without those ubiquitous foreign multitudes, Rome looks and feels like a normal city inhabited by real people. It can be…
As the Epstein drama truly begins to unfold, it’s time to ask what it all means. What does this say about the world we live in, and specifically about the West? The first question that demands an answer is: “What’s actually happening?” In general terms, we are…
One has to wonder how and why some people’s victimization is so much more important than others. Why has a tragic event for the family of Nancy Guthrie become a cause célèbre for the nation? For those of us who do not watch NBC’s Today Show, Savannah…
A Housewife’s Killing on the Copperbelt (1960) On 8 May 1960, a brutal flashpoint erupted on Northern Rhodesia’s Copperbelt. Lilian Margaret Burton, a 39-year-old white settler and housewife, was driving near Ndola with her two young daughters, Debbie, aged 12, and Rosemary, aged 4, when their car was ambushed by a…
