A Housewife’s Killing on the Copperbelt (1960) On 8 May 1960, a brutal flashpoint erupted on Northern Rhodesia’s Copperbelt. Lilian Margaret Burton, a 39-year-old white settler and housewife, was driving near Ndola with her two young daughters, Debbie, aged 12, and Rosemary, aged 4, when their car was ambushed by a violent…
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Heart of Darkness
It is not for nothing that most of the world both abhors and condemns Israeli behavior, whether it be measured by the never-ending genocide in Gaza or the similarly driven terrorizing and deportation of the Palestinian population on the West Bank. Israel is intent on taking full control of…
Sympathy for the Cuckold
A few years ago, when the term “cuck” was enthusiastically embraced by many of my cultural allies, I personally balked at usage of this crude appellation. “Cuck,” short for “cuckold,” denotes a man whose wife has cheated on him. It is a cruel, mocking term, intended for ridicule, and…
Who’s Next. . . What’s Next. . . ?
It’s all backstage now. This fraught moment, the power centers locked in the coldest cold of the year, the Spanish language lessons of Bad Bunny behind us, all the real action in the battle to save the country is out of sight, moiling and churning in the deep background.
Trump Demands the Worst of Us
A deal with the devil comes due. There is a line I used to hear people on the right use in reference to Donald Trump, typically as a way to cope with his awful moral character: “He fights.” It’s a reference to Abraham Lincoln’s defense of Ulysses S. Grant…
Are We Ready for Weeks Where Decades Happen?
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” Early 20th Century American Communist Louis C. Fraina, introducing his translation of “The Proletarian Revolution in Russia” wrote: …in a revolution, the masses are in motion; the developments of years are compressed into months and days; class relations…
CNN Pundit: U.S. Must ‘Aggressively Fumigate Cancer of MAGA’
The violent threats against the President and his movement must be addressed. “You know, Uncle Joe [Biden] was the nice guy,” begins CNN’s Bakari Sellers in the clip below, before going on to openly incite violence against the President and his supporters on a show being hosted by a…
Hostile Acts
I had the pleasure of meeting Peter Schweizer a few months ago while filming Seamus Bruner for our documentary Deconstruction: The Global Fight for Freedom. We traded signed books and had a short chat. I was familiar with a lot of his work and was surprised to find him shooting…
Race and the American Identity
In the first part of this article, Dr. Francis described some of the versions of a “universal” American identity that are now commonly promoted. He contrasted this with the thinking of the founders and with racial practices and assumptions that were widespread in both the North and…
Denuclearizing North Korea is Unrealistic
The Trump administration should prioritize arms control and stable relations with Pyongyang. he Trump administration’s recently released National Defense Strategy (NDS) and the December National Security Strategy (NSS) displayed an unusual pattern on North Korea. Neither document mentioned “North Korean denuclearization,” which has been a core U.S. objective on North Korea…