Ruling the world is a tricky business. The top story last week, at least in terms of shock value, might well be the ongoing saga of the Trump White House ballroom, which started out as a $200 million development off of the building’s East Wing accommodating…
Virtually the whole world will pay an extremely hefty price for the latest American Dementia. Let’s start with a false flag. Iran attacked the UAE port of Fujairah – its oil export Holy Grail – with more than a dozen ballistic and cruise missiles. No,…
The US is at a juncture faced with two choices. It can either manage a transition from global hegemon to a prosperous, peaceful nation working together as equals with all other nations, or it can double down on its continuation as a bankrupt, violent empire seeking continued control…
A serious violation of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. Once again, Trump reveals his stupidity. He believes he has the authority to suspend federal gas tax. “I’m going to reduce until the [tax], let me tell you, as soon as this is over with Iran,…
No doubt Trump has been getting bombarded with advice from his Jewish Nationalist donors and handlers, advice that mirrors what has gone public in Robert Kagans article in The Atlantic. Kagan’s solution for Trump’s disastrous defeat by Iran is “full-scale” war—including land war—probably designed to escalate to the use…
For the second time in as many months, neocon godfather Robert Kagan has penned an urgent denunciation of Trump’s ill-fated Iran war. This latest written for the Atlantic is particularly damning as Kagan makes the argument that the unprecedented loss to Iran is the US’s worst military defeat, essentially,…
British politics are going tribal! Even before all the results are in, it is clear that May 7th 2026 saw the collapse of the old TweedleLab and TweedleCon duopoly in England, and the virtual obliteration of Labour as a national party. Reform, the primary beneficiary of the outburst…
Instead of waiting for Pashinyan to hold a referendum on joining the EU, which he might never end up doing in order to retain the advantages from membership in the Eurasian Economic Union for as long as possible, Putin might cut Armenia off right away if Pashinyan wins…
“Disinformation does not mean false information. It means misleading information—misplaced, irrelevant, fragmented or superficial information—information that creates the illusion of knowing something, but which in fact leads one away from knowing.”—Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death Call it what it is: a…
At regular intervals, the public is confronted with a new microbial threat. The pattern is always the same: a tragic death or a cluster of cases occurs, prompting newsrooms to use dramatic terminology such as ‘deadly virus,’ ‘mysterious outbreak,’ and ‘concerned health officials.’ Social media amplifies public fear even further.
