Trump Owns the Ukraine War

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House today that he will be providing Ukraine with Patriot missiles again and gave Russia a 50-day deadline to end the war before he floods Kyiv with weapons and imposes new sanctions on Russia. The key theme of…

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The Weaponization of Feminine Charm

Beware of pretty faces that you find / A pretty face can hide an evil mind…”—Johnny Rivers, “Secret Agent Man” “Nuclear war via missiles scared everybody 70 years ago,” Doug Casey writes. “But today it’s not a practical threat. The likely threats, I think, are from more…

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Welcome to the Land of the Free — Until You Express an Opinion

Britain’s cancel culture is a purposely designed social credit system. Say the wrong thing, and you’re done for. One ‘offensive’ tweet? Straight to prison. Say a silent prayer? You’re nicked. Point out that men don’t have wombs, or that climate change hysteria is exaggerated? You’re sacked and shunned.

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U.S. Hubris-Driven Blunders Transform the Entire Complexion of the Wider War

Trump continues to be seized by the delusional view that his Israeli-centred vision could all be accomplished merely by ending the genocide in Gaza. The big issue emerging from the U.S.’ 22 June strike on Iran – second only to ‘wither Iran?’ – is whether in Trump’s…

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Senator Tuberville: “[Covid] Started in North Carolina.”

The U.S. Senator from Alabama refers to UNC Chapel Hill biolab as the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of Covid-19. A couple of nights ago I had dinner with an old friend who is probably one of the most cultivated men in the world. A direct…

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More Covid-19 Boosters for Babies?

Even if COVID-19 vaccines were safe and effective, the only group that could potentially benefit would be the ~2.7 million Americans living in nursing homes, congregate living facilities, or extremely compromised with obesity and related comorbidities. Babies even with medical…

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A Matter of Preference

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, the federal government geared up to fight a long, twilight struggle to root out Jim Crow, starting numberless government agencies to combat discrimination, such as the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. But, deprived of government support, Jim Crow…

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World War III Has Already Begun

Many now speak of humanity’s drift towards World War III, imagining events similar to those of the 20th century. But war evolves. It will not begin with a June 1941 Barbarossa-style invasion or a Cuban Missile Crisis-style nuclear standoff. In fact, the new world war is already underway…

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Assessing Epstein

As everyone seems to be speaking of the epsetin list (or lack thereof) and the seeming shakeups at justice, FBI and the political positions swirling around it, please allow an internet cat a moment upon a soap box to weigh in because everything about this entire epstein matter…

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The Betrayal of the People

The fog of the Covid era is lifting, and what remains is stark. Only after the storm does the damage reveal itself in full. I reflect not just on what happened, but how it happened, how an entire population was brought to heel, how critical thought was sidelined, and how something so…

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