According to a recent podcast appearance by geopolitical analyst and University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer, the Arab Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia (the Gulf Cooperation Council) are increasingly behind the scenes pushing pack against those who advocate for regime change in Iran. This marks a serious potential de-escalation…
Here’s one of the greatest certainties facing every household in America beyond the proverbial prospect of death and taxes: Namely, the monthly electric bill, as it arrives like clockwork either in the mail or by auto pay. And, according to Grok 4, there are approximately 143 million customers getting a metered…
Maybe the only way to reset US-Russian relations is to go back to the Cold War and start all over again. Donald Trump twice ran for President on a platform which included his desire to make normalizing relations with Russia a top priority. “Wouldn’t it be nice if we…
If you think it can be worrying being a nationalist, imagine being a leftist in 2026. While millions of Brits and Americans are still convinced that Nigel Farage and Donald Trump will sort everything out, ‘remigrate’ millions and “give us our country back”, most serious nationalists are thoroughly pessimistic…
For a long time, I have taken it as a given that those who are in control of pushing popular trends have glaringly nefarious intentions towards the general population. As far as I am concerned, the proof is simply in the pudding: everything held up as an ideal and…
A moral-social reckoning is baked into the soaring inequality and artifice that characterizes the present era globally. I highly recommend reading my colleague Simon Pearce’s succinct yet comprehensive explanation of historian Peter Turchin’s key driver of historical cycles, Elite Overproduction: Democracy’s Edge: Elite Overproduction: Part 1: How surplus, status, and…
When Scott Adams died, People Magazine led with a line that dominated most of the media for days: “Scott Adams, Disgraced Dilbert Creator, Dies at 69.” It’s a message for the living: depart from saying what you are supposed to say and you will lose everything. Even in death, your life…
Politicians lie. That’s a toxic truth of life across the world and through history. But the British politicians Robert Jenrick and Nadhim Zahawi will never lie on one very important matter. They’ll say that their proud patriotism and devotion to popular service will not alter one iota after their defections from the…
There is no censorship here in Germany,” according to Steffen Meyer, a top spokesman for the German government. In reality, Germans have freedom of speech except for ideas that politicians and government contractors and nonprofit activists don’t like. Germany is providing a road map for freedom that can be squashed…
In December, Senator Bernie Moreno, a Republican from Ohio, introduced the “Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025,” which states, “An individual may not be a citizen or national of the United States while simultaneously possessing any foreign citizenship.” Moreno’s bill came in response to the growing…
