The Pond Gets Wider

Recently in The Signal: Victoria Barnes on the dynamics of debanking—and whether banks have really started closing clients’ accounts because of their political views. … Today: Why is Europe falling so far behind the U.S.? Martin Wolf on diverging histories of investment, innovation, and confidence. … Also: Gustav Jönsson […]

Why Do Migrants Leave Their Homelands?

December 18, 2024 Welcome to The Lighthouse, the weekly email newsletter of the Independent Institute covering politics, economics, current events, and everything in between. Dear Readers, Whether navigating economic reform, escaping poor governance, or protecting individual freedoms, pursuing better systems and policies remains a universal aspiration. As we […]

Art and Authenticity

by Dr. Charles William Dailey Dr. Charles William Dailey Dec 17, 2024 Dr. Charles William Dailey argues that authentic individuals and true art reveal a holistic understanding of existence, while the masses and pseudo-artworks remain trapped in routine and external programming, unable to uncover deeper truth or meaning. […]

European Hospitality

Sponsored by Columbia Global Reports In early July 2021, writes Caitlin L. Chandler today in the NYR Online, “the Lithuanian government declared a state of emergency due to a ‘mass influx’ of immigrants” who had come via neighboring Belarus, which had just loosened its visa policies. “A week later it […]

The Great Yule Debate

by P R Reddall P R Reddall Dec 17, 2024 P R Reddall argues for marking Yule precisely on the Winter Solstice as it provides a clear and natural connection to ancestral traditions, the Sun’s significance, and the cycles of nature, offering a spiritual anchor amidst modern confusion. […]

New Jersey residents say they’re suffering alarming symptoms after encounters with drones

News Updates From CLG 17 December 2024 All links are here https://www.legitgov.org Previous edition 14 Dec.: Biden gov’t spent $267 million on ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’ research grants   New Jersey residents say they’re suffering alarming symptoms after encounters with drones | 16 Dec 2024 | Residents in New Jersey […]

12/17/24: Eyewitness UFO Report, Ro Khanna Debunks Dem Cope, CNN Admits Syria Viral Hoax & MORE!

Krystal and Saagar discuss eyewitness reports on UFOs, Ro Khanna debunks Dem election cope, CNN admits Syria viral hoax, OpenAI whistleblower found dead, Bernie’s viral warning on US oligarchy, why Japan has zero fat people. Timestamps: (00:00)Intro (2:22)Journalist, UFO Eyewitness BREAKS DOWN New Jersey Theories (19:53)DEFIED GRAVITY’: Ro […]

How to Save Democracy

Was Nov 5, 2024 the day American democracy died? Was Trump’s victory the start of an American handmaid’s tale, beckoning in a dystopian future of authoritarianism? What if I told you things are both worse AND better than most people realize. I’ll explain in this video which of […]

12/16/24: AF Base Closes Over Drones, Biden Pardons Crooked Judge, Scott Horton On Ukraine Lies

Krystal and Saagar discuss Air Force base closes over drones, CEOs panic over slain healthcare exec, Biden pardons crooked judge, Pelosi hospitalized after fall, ABC pays Trump $15 million settlement, Trump reveals crypto whale bailout, Scott Horton reveals media Ukraine lies. Timestamps: (00:00)Intro (3:09)Air Force CLOSES BASE Over […]

The Fall of Syria: What You Need to Know

The Corbett Report Dec 15, 2024 by James Corbett corbettreport.com December 15, 2024 In case you haven’t heard yet, the world has just changed irrevocably. After 13 years of battle, the alphabet soup of foreign-financed, foreign-armed, foreign-trained terrorist insurgents in Syria have finally accomplished their goal: the overthrow […]

Richard Powers’s Game Theory

Regina Marler The Cuttlefish’s Play Richard Powers’s Playground does for oceans what his 2018 novel The Overstory did for trees: it implores us to open ourselves to the ingenuity of life beyond the human. Ange Mlinko The Shoals of Prose Recent books of prose by two of our best poets suggest the […]