A few weeks back there was a bit of speculation regarding Trump’s self-invitation to Beijing. The thought was that, after Trump started his war on Iran with yet another sneak “decapitation” strike, he wouldn’t be welcome in China. My guess had been that the two events were linked—Trump was…
I’m heading off on a short vacation, and I thought to myself “how can I make sure everyone doesn’t forget about me?” Then it hit me, “nightmares!” So, strap yourself in and let’s start drilling for nightmare fuel. It’s never too early to start worrying. Hillary running for president…
35 days into this four day war Americans remain confused, disturbed and frustrated. Trump’s illegal February 28 attack on Iran in the midst of fake diplomacy has gone from four days in-and-out to no “winning” in sight. Less well-reported is Netanyahu’s bloody land grab into Lebanon, Israel’s violent expansion…
All politics now are run by probably twelve or thirteen, rich, powerful people who sit at the hub of donations to NGOs all over the world. They offer nothing substantial to the donations themselves, but they organize and direct these NGOs with their influence. Then, the government, usually the…
Teenagers were up to five times more likely to develop myocarditis and up to 10 times more likely to experience an anaphylactic reaction shortly after receiving mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Teenagers were up to five times more likely to develop myocarditis and pericarditis, and up to 10 times more likely…
This past week was what many Christians regard as Holy Week, starting with celebration of Jesus Christ’s Last Supper on Holy Thursday; mourning Christ’s crucifixion and death on Good Friday; continuing with prayer and church services on Holy Saturday; and concluding with the glory of Christ’s resurrection on Easter…
I say adversary instead of enemy. Mr. Khamenei and the Iranian people are not the enemies of the US. They did not attack us on February 28, we attacked them… And we did so while the Iranians were engaged in good faith negotiations, or so they thought. Iran’s new Ayatollah shares something…
Inside the mind of the CIA’s most prolific torturer. Within the clandestine world of American intelligence throughout the Cold War, no figure embodied the moral contradictions of the era more completely than Sidney Gottlieb. Known within the CIA as the “Black Sorcerer” and later dubbed the “Poisoner in Chief” by…
“Exposure to true information does not matter anymore. A person who is demoralized is unable to assess true information. The facts tell him nothing, even if I shower him with information, with authentic proof, with documents and pictures…he will refuse to believe it…that’s the tragedy of the situation of…
While censorship is often the main focus of discussions about free speech, there’s a related phenomenon that can do just as much damage to a free society. Not by preventing people from saying things they believe in, but by forcing them to say things they do not. A scoreboard shows a…
