Liberal thought has long been associated with a defense of democracy. Not unconditionally, certainly, but at least for instrumental reasons. Democracy appeared, despite its flaws, as the best mechanism for guaranteeing social peace and preserving individual liberties. Thus, “classical” liberals like Benjamin Constant, Alexis de Tocqueville, or Lord Acton…
While diplomats labored to produce the Dayton Accords in 1995, then-Secretary of Defense Bill Perry advised, “No agreement is better than a bad agreement.” Given that Washington’s allies in London, Paris, Berlin and Warsaw are opposed to any outcome that might end the war in Ukraine, no…
The cat’s out of the bag at Amazon, but how many other major employers have similar plans? What happens when millions of people are replaced by robots and AI? Why isn’t anyone talking about this? A new report came out this week showing that Amazon is ramping…
Earlier this month, right-wing writer and influencer John Carter penned a barnburner examining an important phenomenon in today’s political culture: the “poastocracy”—or rule of the “poasters” as they are known in online discourse. Carter describes how random provocative social media posts (or “poasts”) from anonymous accounts now…
Deport the Invaders, Destroy Antifa, & Jail the Corrupt. In the film The Dark Knight Rises, the villain Bain ironically incited the people of Gotham to “take back their city”. So too must the true Right take back all of America’s cities. It is time for…
On a moonless night in September 2025, American warships patrolling the Caribbean Sea opened fire on a Venezuelan vessel, killing eleven people. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described it matter-of-factly as another drug interdiction operation. But to those watching the steady deterioration of U.S.-Venezuela relations over the past three…
Gilbert Doctorow and I have pointed out that Putin’s effort to prevent wider war has caused wider war. The White House’s cancellation of the meeting of Trump with Putin in Hungary is powerful evidence of Putin’s strategic blunder of pretending that the war the West has declared on Russia…
The capitalist system she claims to despise is working just fine—for her. I am so fucking sick of watching politicians on both sides of the aisle get rich while they’re in office. But when politicians rail against millionaires and billionaires while quietly joining their ranks, it’s even worse, because it’s hypocrisy dressed up…
Forget about barbarian propaganda. What really matters, historically, is that the Ancient Silk Roads as well as Xinjiang may well be the ultimate crossroads of civilizations. Along Central Asia, they are the (beating) heart of the Heartland. ON THE SOUTHERN SILK ROAD – Silk is the stuff of legend.
What we know: Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones have been arrested The years-long investigation spanning 11 states has resulted in over 30 arrests The Bonnano, Gambino and Genovese organized crime families were allegedly involved as enforcers, taking a cut of the winnings There was an alleged robbery at gunpoint to obtain a…
