3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (749+ words) A failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses to admit defeat and a president who, having failed abroad, seeks muscular victories elsewhere. The war against Iran is a…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (151+ words) Scott Bessent boasting “I am the house” and trying to talk down the dollar is the classic hubris of a central planner. As Martin Armstrong points out, we saw this exact political vanity with the 1985 Plaza Accord—and the market…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (370+ words) With all that most of us have to do there is only so much that most of us can absorb or that most of us have time for in our busy days, our normal days. I would term this desired…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (410+ words) Reading the comments on the Unz Review of my latest article there, “The True Story of World War II,” I wonder about the point of my efforts in truth’s behalf. First, I will make some general comments to illustrate the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1601+ words) Today, I had this conversation with ChatGPT: “IS THERE ANY RELIABLE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE MEASURE OF THE AMOUNT OF GOVERNMENTAL CORRUPTNESS IN U.S., OR RUSSIA, OR CHINA, OR INDIA, OR GERMANY (OR EU)?” For the particular comparison you have in mind…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1218+ words) Here where I sit once again looking easterly to the vast sea, the wind and the waves and winding vistas along the north Atlantic coast drown out trivial thoughts. We are here for a few days to empty our minds…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (444+ words) California’s political leaders often celebrate the state as a global engine of innovation, diversity, and progressive governance. Yet its public schools—despite record spending and one of the most liberal electorates in the nation—remain among America’s worst. The contrast…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (747+ words) On Sunday morning’s Meet the Press, NBC News hack Kristen Welker pressed newly sworn-in Attorney General Todd Blanche to “pledge that the Justice Department will always act independently of the White House.” The fake “journalist” performed this bit of moralizing…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1066+ words) The introduction of AI into popular consciousness and everyday usage has been rather disappointing, for the most part. And by that I mean, we’re not seeing any spectacular benefits to the presence of AI while the negatives keep piling up....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (492+ words) Similarly, many who support diversity, equity, and inclusiveness do not necessarily see themselves as neo-Marxists, even though they promote the tenets of cultural Marxism. Rather, they are motivated by the very human sentiments described by Ludwig von Mises: The Nazis,…...