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(This essay follows up on the discussion that arose from my recent piece, “How Deuteronomy Reflects the Brutal World that Civilization Had Become,” in which several readers questioned the validity of my indictment of civilization as creating the...

I don’t have much as this is breaking news. The suspicion that other Republican lawmakers might follow MAGA firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene out of Congress appears to have some foundation. U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) announced on Saturday that...

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin likes to fancy himself a scholar of both proto and modern Pan-Slavic history. In his twisted historiography, all things Slavic find their genesis in Moskva Rus. To him and his ilk like Alexandr Dugin, Kyvian Rus, the...

President Trump’s ever-growing vision has caused tension with contractors (as usual). His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages a project twice the size, and even taller than the White House itself. It’s a shopping mall...

The Wall Street Journal says the Trump/Putin peace plan is all about money. I’m shocked — SHOCKED! — that they would sell out Ukraine for 40 pieces of silver. 2/ According to the WSJ, talks between Trump's golfing friend Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law...

Nebraska has been on a roll. After voting big for President Donald Trump in 2024 and Republicans since forever, the state is now reaping what it so eagerly sowed. Its economy is collapsing . ...

Air National Guard airmen work clearing leaves and debris from McPherson Square Park in Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2025. (Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

Washington Post: Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations ...

Shocking as this moment is, none of us should pretend we weren’t warned. When Donald Trump installed Pete Hegseth — a television provocateur whose public record is soaked in belligerence, booze, and culture-war performance — as America’s Defense...

Today it was revealed that American military forces conducted a "double tap" strike on an alleged drug running boat on September 2d. They hit the boat once, killing some and disabling the boat. However, there were survivors. They hit the boat again to...