One day after it was reported that World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab, 88, resigned after Chairman after 55 years, the WSJ reports that Schwab is under investigation by the organization he created after a whistleblower alleged financial and ethical misconduct by Mr. “eat the bugs” and his wife. In an anonymous letter from…
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A History of Violence in the Caucasus
Richard Wilson details the long history of the peoples of the Caucasus, a region marked by imperial invasions, shifting alliances, ethnolinguistic complexity, and martial traditions rooted in mountainous terrain and ancestral codes of honor. Since we may boast that his blood is spilt, I will…
Estonia Might Become Europe’s Next Trouble Spot
Estonia catapulted back into international news after it recently seized an alleged vessel from Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet”, to which Russia had a restrained reaction for the pragmatic reasons explained here, but it’s also been stirring up trouble with Russia in other ways too. The aforementioned provocation coincides with…
MS-13 Added to LGBTQ Acronym
In yet another step toward the advancement of protections for all people groups, activists announced today that MS-13 had officially been added to the LGBTQ+ acronym to ensure that the rights of violent foreign gang members were recognized. Civil rights groups hailed the announcement as a significant step forward…
Postcards from the Empire — An Alternative Preview of the Upcoming NFL Draft
Long-time football fans and even casual ones likely remember or have heard names like Ryan Leaf, Heath Shuler, Tony Mandarich, Mike Mamula and others mentioned on many occasions. They were made infamous by an ESPN show on the NFL’s biggest draft busts. That show was made in the 1990s,…
This Generation’s Racial Mirror
Every decade seems to give us a spectacular legal case that shows America’s racial reality. In the 1990s, it was the OJ Simpson case. When OJ was acquitted, whites around the country reacted with stunned horror while blacks celebrated. It might have been because they thought he was guilty that…
Unattractive, Socially Awkward Men are Evil
When I watched the preview for the suspense-thriller Drop, I thought for sure that I knew who the true villain would turn out to be. I even told my legions of YouTube followers as much. It turned out that I was wrong on the specifics, but correct in a…
Is David Brooks Imitating Lenin the Funniest New York Times Column Ever?
New York Times columnist David Brooks, calling for a “mass civic uprising” against Donald Trump: We live in a country with catastrophically low levels of institutional trust. University presidents, big law firms, media organizations and corporate executives face a wall of skepticism and cynicism. If they are…
Palestinian Pebbles of Resistance
I can’t help following the Austin Metcalf-Karmelo Anthony racial saga. This is the big story of the moment, framed dishonestly as always, highlighting the two sides we have to choose from. What the great Huey Long called Tweedledum and Tweedledee. High Papa Lowem and Low Papa Highem. Servers working…
In Memoriam: A Great GloboHomo Leviathan Has Passed
The predictable accolades for Pope Francis pile up on Easter Monday at his passing. The unfortunate truth is that he was the ultimate Poster Altar Boy of GloboHomo and the New World Order with cheerleaders like Hillary Clinton worshiping his Apostate Slats on CNN today. Spare the Confessing Church…