Today in dystopia, the military-industrial complex is reassuring investors that the wars will indeed be endless. Asked about concerns over falling defense stocks in a recent interview on CNBC, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet replied, “Investors need to know and understand that this demand is not fleeting — it’s permanent.” In 2023 Taiclet called Washington’s soaring military...

Iran and Pakistan are deep into building a post-American financial order in the intersection between West Asia and South Asia. Let’s get right into the heart of the matter: carefully examining the chessboard, the political and military leadership in Tehran has already reached the conclusion that a joint U.S.-Israeli attack, with planning advancing at a...

Karl Miller’s new report says the Gulf paid for protection it never got, and that it is time to walk away For years the Gulf monarchies have been told that the path to security runs through Washington and Tel Aviv. Sign the Abraham Accords, buy Israeli defense and surveillance technology, invest in the right American...

It is a truism among pundits that political trends in New York City are not relevant nationally because those of us who live and work here are so different from “real Americans.” On the other hand, the city is home to most national leaders including Donald Trump, Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as...

Andy Burnham’s government is rolling out a new “Centre for Information Defence”. But the outside actors most aggressively undermining what little remains of British democracy are nowhere in its sights Russia “interfered” in the 2016 Brexit vote by running some “anti-EU” articles on its RT channel and promoting a few internet trolls. Even MI5 has...

The 2026 US midterm elections are rapidly bearing down upon us, with plenty of major implications for Americans and for the world. I want to take a moment here to offer my thoughts on this pressing matter, and maybe suggest a line of thinking for all those would-be voters out there.dearAs a writer, researcher, and...

Trump's decision to back out of his planned public execution of the Fort Hood mass shooter is sad for America. Not because it wouldn't have been a gruesome spectacle that eroded whatever is left of the country's international standing — it would have. Not because Nidal Hasan won't still be killed on Dec. 3 —...

J.-F. Gariépy, White People Food, Independently published, 2026, 320 pp, $58 hardcover, $43 softcover, $29.99 Kindle. One of the more puzzling stereotypes about whites is that we eat bland, tasteless food. French and Italian cuisine have worldwide reputations, so one would expect people to dismiss this idea as typical non-white envy. Yet, the stereotype persists....