Are citizens responsible for wrongs perpetrated by their nations’ governments? In a recent statement defending her policy of denying asylum to Russians fleeing Vladimir Putin’s military draft, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas says the answer is “yes”: Every citizen is responsible for the actions of their state, and citizens of Russia are no exception. Therefore, … Read more
It didn’t take long after New York Attorney General Letitia James announced her $250 million fraud lawsuit against the Trump Organization for Twitter’s toy cannon brigade to strap into their Aerons, crack their knuckles, and start issuing proclamations that the walls around the 45th president were finally closing in. “The noose is tightening on Trump,” … Read more
I received a great questions from a German reader who also happens to be a journalist. He asked, “What would be a way and what would be the practical implications if Europe in general and Germany in particular were to break with the US in order to find a European peace and economic framework including … Read more
Guest post by Leo HohmannThe story I’m about to share is not terribly shocking, at least not to those of us who are awake, but I find the timing, along with the source, a bit ominous. It comes from a mainstream corporate media outlet, NBC Newsand it tells us that the modern military machine owned … Read more
Oil, the State, and War: The Foreign Policies of Petrostates, by Emma Ashford, Georgetown University Press, 365 pages, $34.95 It doesn’t take a Ph.D. to see that oil drives conflict. Just looking at the recent history of America’s interventions in the Middle East will do. During the Tanker War of the 1980s, the US Navy … Read more
Americans who are alarmed by online “hate speech” and “misinformation” tend to resent the limits that the First Amendment imposes on government intervention against objectionable content. But German authorities do not suffer from such constraints, and the consequences should give pause to critics who are sympathetic to the idea that freedom of speech sweeps too … Read more
Chuck Norris is well known for his martial artistry, being everyone’s favorite Texas Ranger, and possibly being the most fantastic man ever to walk the Earth. However, some may not know, including me, until recently that he is also a fairly active opinion writer. Recently he took on the left, declaring ‘Karl Marx would be … Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Republican governors of Arizona, Florida, and Texas have been busing recently arrived Latin American immigrants to Democratic “sanctuary” jurisdictions. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis even had 50 Venezuelan migrants flown to the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. So far, this policy has mostly amounted to political theater, using immigrants as props. … Read more
Military recruits have faced one of the most challenging years for recruiting young brave men and women since the end of the Vietnam War. The military branches claim that there are numerous reasons for this difficulty, from a tighter job market to young Americans being either too fat or too dumb… literally. No doubt those … Read more
Between UFOs, poorly executed social media military psyops, and Chinese parts popping up in military aircraft, the Pentagon has had its hands full with reviews, investigations, and probes. The latest to add to the list is the discovery that their newly promoted Diversity Chief for the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) may not have … Read more