Netflix’s documentary on the OceanGate submarine disaster offers a soul-searching meditation on ambition and greed. Titan: The OceanGate Disaster Directed by Mark Monroe ◆ Produced by Mark Monroe, Lily Garrison, and Jon Bardin ◆ Distributed by Netflix “Invulnerable” was how the late OceanGate Explorations CEO Richard…
The US ambassador also mocked the idea of using ‘non-lethal’ forms of crowd control by suggesting to send the ‘girl scouts.’ In an interview published by The Times of Israel on Wednesday, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee justified the Israeli military’s shooting of unarmed Palestinians attempting to get aid in the Gaza…
The on-again off-again meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is set to take place in Alaska this Friday. This formerly Russian possession is a most symbolic setting if indeed territorial exchanges are to be discussed. The form guide, however, suggests that it will be mostly a publicity stunt…
Utah Attorney Jesse Trentadue has spent 30 years litigating against the federal government, trying to uncover documents related to his brother’s likely murder by federal authorities on August 21, 1995. Trentadue believes federal agents believed his brother was a federal agent who was involved in the Oklahoma City bombing…
If you want to know how bad things really are in The Swamp, here’s your answer: city leaders have been cooking the books to make crime look less out of control than it actually is. That’s right, while American families are living in fear, dealing with theft, assaults, and…
International Man: Recently, we’ve seen the “Yellow Peril” escalate across media and politics. What’s your take on the sentiment towards China? Doug Casey: There’s always been a fear of China, perhaps starting with the immigration of laborers to California in the 1860s, then Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu novels. It’s logical enough.
This story is so disturbing, you’ll feel sick knowing it’s real. Every so often, a story comes along that’s so outrageous you can’t even fathom it being real. Yet something deeply disturbing is happening in the Roblox universe, and everyone with a pulse needs to know about it. The…
The Greek geographer and historian Strabo told the famous story of Cleopatra committing suicide by holding an “asp”—i.e., Egyptian cobra—to her breast. The “Death of Cleopatra” has been the subject of dozens of paintings, including the following by Guido Cagnacci that hangs in the Met.
Of course it’s all about Alaska. Here’s what’s in play. But it’s the shadowplay that’s even more exciting. Across the world, for those who grew up in the Cold War Swingin’ Sixties, the temptation is irresistible to cast Donald Trump as Goldfinger (but who would play Oddjob? Hegseth?) Goldfinger, after all,…
Beneath the vaulted sky of empires, the forge-lords of the East strike their pact, and the mountains themselves answer with the roar of iron. On August 6, 2025, within the halls of Vanijya Bhawan in the capital of the Hindu civilization, two great powers — India and Russia —…
