Why Old-World Values Are the Ultimate Modern Rebellion. The infrastructure is now visible to those willing to see it. The systematic replacement of natural systems with artificial ones has reached into every domain—money, food, health, education, information. What began as isolated changes has revealed itself as a coordinated operation:…
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Lavrov’s CCCP Sweater in Alaska Signals the Return of Empire
Sergey Lavrov stands before the glacial immensity of Alaska, wearing a white sweater stitched with the letters CCCP, a relic-sigil of a vanished order that once held half the planet in its grasp. The tundra wind cuts around him as if circling an imperial monument; the cold is not…
Boiled Frogs: AI Slop, Phishing, Deep-Fakes and Spam, Spam, Spam
We’re frogs in a pot that’s being heated so gradually that we no longer notice the sewage is extinguishing the utility of the Web. Let’s take “Show me the incentives, and I’ll show you the outcome” and direct it on the Internet, the digital realm that is now central…
American Hubris and the Fragmenting World Order
Imagine telling India—or any sovereign nation—which partners they may trade with. The audacity is staggering, yet that’s precisely what’s unfolding. A Reckless Trade War with a Partner The latest salvo comes from President Donald Trump, who in early August 2025 imposed sweeping tariffs—raising duties on Indian goods to a…
Consequentialism Discredited
Over five years since the dark nightmare of lockdowns and mandates began, we are still asking the most fundamental questions. How did all of this happen? How do we prevent it from happening again? Of course, we’ve gained much clarity in the intervening years. For example, we now know…
Carefully and Gracefully
“It’s funny they call [intel] a ‘community.’ That sounds so benign and beneficial. Everybody likes communities.” —Doug Casey And so, now, in Alaska, Mr. Trump sits down with Vlad Putin to attempt a settling of Ukraine’s hash. This war has been a three-year bloody grind, millions killed, mostly Ukrainians,…
The End of Jewish Power?
One of the most important lessons I learned from reading Bertrand de Jouvenel’s On Power is that revolutions happen against weak regimes, not against strong ones. This is not the romanticized version of history that we frequently get from the media or the schools. George III, Louis XVI, and…
The Depths of Humanity
Netflix’s documentary on the OceanGate submarine disaster offers a soul-searching meditation on ambition and greed. Titan: The OceanGate Disaster Directed by Mark Monroe ◆ Produced by Mark Monroe, Lily Garrison, and Jon Bardin ◆ Distributed by Netflix “Invulnerable” was how the late OceanGate Explorations CEO Richard…
Mike Huckabee Justifies Israeli Military Killing of Aid Seekers in Gaza
The US ambassador also mocked the idea of using ‘non-lethal’ forms of crowd control by suggesting to send the ‘girl scouts.’ In an interview published by The Times of Israel on Wednesday, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee justified the Israeli military’s shooting of unarmed Palestinians attempting to get aid in the Gaza…
Tsar Wars
The on-again off-again meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is set to take place in Alaska this Friday. This formerly Russian possession is a most symbolic setting if indeed territorial exchanges are to be discussed. The form guide, however, suggests that it will be mostly a publicity stunt…