In these politically turbulent times, the “illusion of democracy is fading worldwide” as one pundit wrote recently. There is a growing sense in the West that “democracy” is not working well, but there is not yet a full and clear recognition of that fact….

Ensuring the Collapse of Civilization? Posted on September 12, 2024 I was born on July 20, 1944, in the midst of the Second World War. Barely a year later, the U.S. ended that conflict in the Pacific by dropping atomic bombs on the…

OK, this will be one of my non-satirical essays … or mostly non-satirical essays.  It will serve as a companion piece to The New Normal Left, another non-satirical essay that I published in April 2023, which was basically just a reiteration of a…

Saudi Arabia’s industry and mineral resources minister said his country will “try new things”—including using the yuan in crude oil deals—as Riyadh seeks to incorporate Chinese products such as electric vehicles, the C919 passenger jet, and renewable energy infrastructure. This marks a…

No major western leader is ever again going to be able to speak about human rights or ethical values, without attracting howls of derision. They are turning on their own people in order to prevent protest at a genocide they actively support….

  “The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control…

The election is also all the more significant given that it is the first major victory for Germany’s far right at such a high level since 1933. The state elections in Thuringia were no surprise to what had been reported here over a month…

Israel regularly threatens to ‘bomb Lebanon back to the stone age.’ But in any full-scale war, it is the occupation state’s energy infrastructure that will likely collapse first – a catastrophe for Israelis who have never known blackouts and shortages. As clashes on…

Certain strains of the euthanasia-advocacy movement believe doctors don’t need to be involved when someone wants to die. For example, the fanatics of Final Exit Network have taught people how to kill themselves, with a couple convicted of assisting via helium. More infamously, Dr. Philip…

Persecution of pro-Russian journalists shows that Washington is becoming a dangerous dictatorship, where basic democratic principles are frequently violated by the authorities. The U.S. authorities’ persecution of Scott Ritter shocked the world. After having his passport illegally confiscated without any explanation, Ritter…

The “big club” that “you ain’t in,” as George Carlin famously put it, is increasingly visible as the presidential election rolls on toward November. Politicians and the donor class that controls them have made it known to the public that they are…

The past week was marked by one of the most massive Russian attacks in Ukrainian rear regions since the very beginning of the Russian Special Military Operation. On Monday August 26, dozens of Ukrainian military, industrial and strategic energy facilities were struck….

Americans are increasingly uneasy about their “national” security, and increasingly concerned that war is lapping at our shores. Instead of reducing the risk of harm to America and our interests, the federal government in Washington seems to be seeking it, investing in…

At a time when the U.S.-led NATO proxy war in Ukraine against Russia has entered a disastrous phase of defeat, the Western elite must shut down all and every critical media. Absurd charges of complicity in crimes are a cover for closing…

A Separatist group in Pakistan’s Balochistan province has killed 74 people in multiple attacks within 24 hours. The militants specifically targeted the civilians belonging to Punjab after stopping vehicles on the national highway in Musa Khel district. They hold that their fight…