President Donald Trump has gained a reputation for worrying about the possibility of nuclear war. He’s been criticized by the usual hawkish suspects for his concerns, but he deserves credit for recognizing the potential of a nation-ending and even life-exterminating event. Nuclear weapons may have dissuaded the United States…
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Wonder of Bicycle Travel: Magic Moments
“Bicycling unites physical harmony coupled with emotional bliss to create a sense of spiritual perfection that combines one’s body, mind and spirit into a single moving entity. Bicycling allows a person to mesh with the sun, sky and road as if nothing else mattered in the world. In fact,…
The Rise of the Political Atheist
The Death of Civic FaithI used to believe in the system. Not in unicorns or bipartisan kumbayas—just the notion that governance might still function behind the scenes. I believed elections mattered, debates had meaning, and somewhere in the bureaucratic swamp, a few frogs were still swimming toward something that…
How the Deep State Swamp is Stealing the People’s Power
“Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called, and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men.”—John Stuart Mill, On Liberty “Power to the people.”—John Lennon What on…
As America Soul Searches, the Rest of the West is Falling Apart
In terms of geopolitics one could argue that allies don’t have to like each other, they just have to provide a mutual benefit that serves the greater purposes of peace. One could also argue that through cultural exchange the good habits of one country could easily influence the bad…
Trump Off and On Yet Again
Two days ago Trump didn’t even want to meet with Putin and gave him a 10-day ultimatum. Yesterday Trump said he is meeting with Putin next week after Witkoff and Putin “transmitted signals.” Perhaps finally someone in the Trump regime noticed the escalation toward nuclear war that I described yesterday in my…
The Ministry of Truth?
The Telegraph published this headline yesterday: ‘Exposed: Labour’s plot to silence migrant hotel critics.’ The report concerns a team from the ‘National Security and Online Information Team (NSOIT)’, based in the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology. During last summer’s riots, NSOIT was tasked with monitoring ‘concerning narratives’ on social…
Post Attentiveness
Born in 1963, I’m already among the last to remember when flying was civilized, and any half intelligent man was expected to read at least several books a year. Entering college during the Fall of 1982, I wasted no time in using its library, so no later than halfway…
Resilient, Self-Reliant Life is Hard
This reader’s email cut through the clutter: “I’m seeing multiple sites and people that give great insight into what’s wrong with our society and economy etc. but what I’m looking for is more information regarding how to protect and prepare myself and those that I care about.”I’ve been addressing how…
Russiagate Opens the Door to Covid
Even though Russiagate was one of the most egregious crimes ever committed, it pales in comparison to what they did in 2020. After the Russia hoax failed, they quickly transitioned to Covid. Tulsi already confirmed in May that she was looking into C19 origins. She knows. Once the public…