The news has been filled with reports of assassinations, attempted assassinations, and shootings targeted against law enforcement. The spate of political violence has seriously eroded America’s legitimacy as a moral and decent state. How did we get here? U.S. state violence on the world stage may help…
All human societies are led by a confined group of especially influential people. These are the elites, and like them or not, they are unavoidable because humans are hierarchical chimps and they build the same social structures over and over again wherever they flourish. The elites are…
Defense Secretary Hegseth addresses 800 (!) Generals and Admirals. Back in 2020, I was stunned to see a report that “the Army as more four-star generals serving on active duty than the Army and Air Force combined had during World War II.” Army Col. Christopher Coglianese,…
John Helmer thinks that the Russian response to the ever-widening war that Putin has conducted will be the Oreshnik missile, which means good-bye to several European capitals, if not all of them. https://johnhelmer.net/when-tomahawk-meets-bear-the-hazel-tree-oreshnik-wins/ Washington giving missiles to Ukraine that can reach Moscow and St. Petersburg does not…
In the 2010s a wave of sophomore Machiavellianism swept through American culture. Robert Greene’s amusingly amoral books (The 48 Laws of Power, The 33 Strategies of War, The Art of Seduction) were teaching corporate strivers and self-help enthusiasts to outmaneuver, deceive, bamboozle, seduce, lie, fool, and manipulate their way to…
The American Dream has become prohibitively expensive, with home affordability at historic lows and the traditional middle-class lifestyle now out of reach for most ordinary people. But no demographic has taken it more on the chin than young Americans. You can see it in stark terms…
There are plenty of minority constituencies that are relatively small in number but can still point to one or more elected officials who champion their interests and act as a public face for their cause. Libertarians, for instance, have Rand Paul in the Senate and Thomas Massie in…
The Founders were well aware of the dangers that affect popular government. When 20-year-old loner Thomas Matthew Crooks ascended a sloped roof in Butler County, Pennsylvania, and opened fire, he unleashed a torrent of cliches. Commentators and public figures avoided the term “assassination attempt,” even if the…
Over the course of his life (1898-1974), Julius Evola published at least 36 books and more than 11,000 articles. Especially in the last decade, few thinkers have experienced such renewed interest on the right. Dressed all in black with his imperious expression and looming monocle, he appeals both…
The only way Russia could be defeated in Ukraine would be if Western forces directly intervened in the conflict. Unfortunately, events appear to be rapidly moving in that direction. If long-range missiles supplied and guided by Western countries begin to strike Moscow, it is likely that the Russians will respond…
