Now that some total idiot in the Trump regime has green-lighted an attack on Russian strategic forces, John Helmer raises for Putin Lenin’s question, “What is to be done?” https://johnhelmer.net/what-is-putin-to-do-now/ As I understand it, Washington’s attack on Russian strategic forces is grounds under current Russian war doctrine for Putin…
Maybe there was a time—when I was a kid watching “The Jetsons”—when I fantasized about a walking, talking, productive robot in my house. It would do the laundry, the cooking, the cleaning, answer the door, walk the dog, dress the kids, make the bed, and so on. Many companies, most…
Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down three major cases with unanimous decisions. One, Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, raises additional questions over diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs that have been widely used in higher education and businesses. There is no reason to believe that DEI measures are…
First of all, with Russia, although London reviews other threats. On Monday, June 2, 2025, the British government released the lng-awaited Strategic Defence Review 2025 – a 140-page document that provides a vision for the development of the country’s armed forces, their use, and threats to the United Kingdom. The…
The erstwhile Trump ally’s criticism should draw skepticism, not support. The House miraculously passed President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” late last month, setting up a grueling battle to get it through the Senate. Trump’s marque legislation now faces an unexpected problem: Elon Musk. The billionaire who once seemed like…
From democracy to vaccines to election results to Orwell himself, the rewriting of the past to fit current attitudes has become an incurable mania. On Monday’s America This Week Walter Kirn read from a bizarre introduction to his 75th Anniversary edition paperback edition of 1984. Written by Harvard-educated author Dolen Perkins-Valdez, it…
I’ve been referencing The Ratchet Effect since 2010 as it explains why shrinking bloat is so much harder than expanding bloat.A common example is household income and spending. When the couple were just starting out, they lived like students with barebones expenses. Then as their income rises, so do their expenses,…
Returning non-citizen children and non-citizen parents to their countries could save taxpayers hundreds of billions, especially in state budgets. Afew simple calculations indicate that as much as one-quarter of U.S. public school enrollment could be anchor babies, meaning children with at least one parent illegally present in the United…
POTUS better wake up. Quick. The Deep State is in the midst of f#cking him yet again. We are referring, of course, to Sunday’s utterly reckless attack on Russia’s strategic nuclear deterrent, allegedly by the Ukrainian military. Yes, the one that’s so feeble and incompetent that thus far it…
What Men Should Know About Women: Social Conformism and Subculture One of the sentiments that pops up whenever America’s ongoing gender wars are brought up is, why don’t more women say something? After all, modern America’s culture does not benefit most heterosexual white women. Female happiness has been declining for decades.[1]…
