Americans who don’t spend time in Europe might not fully appreciate what a powder keg the Old World has become. However bad social relations in the United States now are, they are at least an order of magnitude worse on the other side of the Atlantic. European self-hatred is dissolving…
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Gunboat Diplomacy
Some things never seem to change. Now that the US monopoly on the adjective “American” has seemingly become universally acknowledged (even in many parts of Latin America), it hardly comes as a surprise that US policy in Latin America has not changed for almost two centuries.
Nihilism? Look in the Mirror, Liberals
In the aftermath of any headline event, like the trans-killer-who-shall-remain-nameless church killing last week, it is always instructive for me to read the liberal commentary solving it all by taking guns away from far-right literally-fascist racist-sexist-homophobes gun nuts — or transphobes, as the case may be. My “living…
The SCO and BRICS Play Complementary Roles in Gradually Transforming Global Governance
The processes that are unfolding will take a lot of time to complete, perhaps even a generation or longer, so expectations of a swift transition to full-blown multipolarity should be tempered. The recent SCO Leaders’ Summit in Tianjin drew renewed attention to this organization, which began as…
No, It’s Not a Coup against RFK Jr., It’s a ‘Capture’
You’ve likely seen all the buzz online about the planned attack gearing up against RFK Jr. People are circling the wagons and calling this a “coup.” But that’s not what it is. This isn’t just some political “coup” against RFK Jr.; this is a capture. What Big…
Exactly How Does One Survive Absurdity
We live in absurd times. We are surrounded by violence, both real and virtual–the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians, the deaths in Ukraine, the violent movies and video games, the violence on the streets in America’s blue cities–but the presstitutes attach warnings to news reports of much smaller incidences of…
EU Accelerating Toward Collapse: Merz, Draghi, and Lagarde Reveal Europe’s Crisis Path
The Chancellor seems to have collided with reality during the summer break. Merz sees the German social system in deep crisis. Meanwhile, his political allies in Brussels are calling for an increase in the very dose of poison that is making Europe sick. Let’s be blunt: Large…
World’s Largest Group of Genocide Scholars Finds Israel Guilty
The world’s largest group of genocide scholars has overwhelmingly approved a resolution asserting that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide. “The government of Israel has engaged in systematic and widespread crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide, including indiscriminate and deliberate attacks against the…
Schools Make Kids Crazy
Almost one-third of government schools nationwide are now surveilling the mental health of students. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed a bill to bring “universal mental health screening” to two million Illinois students as part of his Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative. But this rescue effort will…
The War on Humanity
The belief that humanity can be transcended, once a dream, is demanding acceptance as fact, with tragic consequences. While the world raged over the Minnesota massacre last week, another disturbing story moved through the courts, about the suicide of 16-year-old Adam Raine:…