Alex Karp, the CEO of the controversial military tech firm Palantir, is the coauthor of a new book, The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West. In it, he calls for a renewed sense of national purpose and even greater cooperation…
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Musk: ‘They Basically Want to Kill Me Because I’m Stopping Their Fraud’
Tuesday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk reacted to the acts of terrorism waged against him and his properties in recent weeks. Musk told Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity the left was targeting him because of his pursuit of corruption within government. “It’s really…
Will Russia Expand Its Ground Campaign Into Sumy, Dniepropetrovsk, and/or Kharkov Regions?
This might be the only way to ensure Ukraine’s demilitarization if diplomacy fails. The nascent Russian–US “New Détente” didn’t lead to a ceasefire during the latest Putin–Trump call, thus meaning that the hot phase of the Ukrainian Conflict continues, albeit with a proposed cessation of attacks on energy infrastructure…
On the Feminine Aspects of Jealousy
If there is anything that makes me doubt the goodness of human nature, it is the existence of jealousy in the human heart. Jealousy is, as Bacon said, the attribute most fitting for the devil, for it generally works cunningly, in darkness, and to the detriment of all that…
The Angst of the Well-Endowed
From Thomas Edsall in the New York Times this morning: Marc Andreessen, a billionaire venture capitalist, cryptocurrency investor and pivotal but unofficial adviser to Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, made the case in a recent interview that the entire system of American higher education should…
Federal Judge Orders Astronauts Be Returned to Space Station
A district judge has issued a ruling saying Trump lacked the Constitutional authority to pick up two astronauts who have been stranded at the International Space Station for several months. SpaceX has been ordered to return the astronauts immediately. “I will not stand by while Donald Trump abuses his…
Digital IDs Will Lead to ‘Surveillance-Based Technocracy
As more states push digital driver’s licenses obtainable through digital wallets, critics warn that the digital ID document system will give the federal government access to personal data, including real-time, remote access to people’s phones. California recently joined a growing list of states offering digital driver’s licenses through “digital wallets”…
Has Team Trump Blinked?
There is much to celebrate in the first seven weeks of the Trump presidency. Most importantly, the Western globalist elite has fractured, no longer a united front that belittles and enslaves all others. Through those cracks, the light of free speech and renewal is shining. There is a sense…
Why is Washington Still at War in Syria?
The tempo of lethal U.S. airstrikes — not all against ISIS — continue apace, despite murky Washington strategy. On Sunday, U.S. Central Command announced that it had recently killed two people linked to Al-Qaeda in Idlib, Syria. One of the men, Wasim Tahsin Bayraqdar, was reportedly …
A Businessman and a Brilliant Strategist
Business schools and military schools borrow extensively from each other’s academic literature. Although the workings of the boardroom and the battlefield might seem mismatched, there is considerable overlap. Both require leaders capable of assessing assets and liabilities dispassionately, developing short-term strategies that complement long-term objectives, and comprehending an adversary’s point of…