Politicians in Europe are using the JD Vance and Trump external enemy excuse to disguise the existential problem of a system that is crumbling. The statist nightmare built around what politicians call “welfare state” has proven to be a subterfuge to multiply bureaucracy and create a dependent subclass. The welfare state…
The Post-Cold War Betrayal of the American Worker In a scene from Adam Curtis’ docuseries Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone, an interviewer asks a young woman: “If you had a wish, what would it be?” The young woman answers, “I don’t have any dreams, and even if I did they wouldn’t come true. I…
This week Marco Rubio will meet with Russian officials to kick-off what Western media is calling Ukraine peace talks, but should properly be called normalization talks, as in the normalization of relations between Russia and America. The topic of Ukraine will be a part of the process, but not the…
“’Save democracy’ is code phrase for a club of delusional people who belong to a delusional group that does delusional things to justify their delusions.” — Wendy Williamson You’ve got to wonder who at CBS News thinks it’s a good idea to quadruple down on mendacious grandstanding when the network…
More and more people are beginning to realize that Artificial Intelligence is a high-risk technology that could lead to the extermination of the species. That may sound like an exaggeration, but if you follow the developments in AI closely, you’ll see that it’s an accurate assessment. AI is…
At its September 2024 meeting, the Fed’s FOMC cut the target federal funds rate by a historically large 50 basis points and then justified this cut on the grounds that “The Committee has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2 percent, and judges that the risks to…
Legislation that would give the U.S. Department of Justice more time to track down and punish pandemic-era unemployment insurance (UI) fraud is on its way to the U.S. House floor. The Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., provides a five-year extension on the statute…
To the shock of many, country is the most popular music genre in America right now. Songs from Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, and others regularly top the Billboard charts. Popular artists from other genres—including Beyonce, Post Malone, and even Ringo Starr—now record country albums to increase sales and expand their audience.
The western public has been hearing a lot about “genocide” in recent years, from the genocide of indigenous peoples, to the genocide of Palestinians to the genocide of trans people. The demand is that these concerns be taken seriously whether they are realistic or exaggerated, that reparations be distributed and…
Elon Musk’s DOGE team has unearthed jaw-dropping irregularity from the U.S. Social Security database. The numbers are truly mind-boggling: over 25 million Americans registered aged 100 and older, with some purportedly older than the U.S. Constitution itself. Late Sunday night, Musk tweeted a staggering claim accompanied by a table…
