The unsigned warrant

Wednesday, Week XLVII, MMXXV Recently: Is the world entering a new era of catastrophic risk? Serhii Plokhy’s new book, The Nuclear Age: An Epic Race for Arms, Power, and Survival. Today: The U.S. government’s criminal case against the FBI’s former director James Comey has collapsed over a procedural error. The […]

The end of World War II is over

U.S. Library of Congress This week Ukraine’s ultimatum: six days to accept territorial concessions or lose U.S. support. Russian drones violate NATO airspace. The last U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty expires in 75 days, and no one’s negotiating a replacement. Now what? How much does North Korea depend on […]

The Question Of Decency

Orwell, Trump, and the dangers of a profoundly indecent man in the presidency. Andrew Sullivan Nov 21, 2025 ∙ Paid (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) “Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does,” wrote George Orwell. It’s from his essay, “The Lion and the Unicorn,” […]

The Failed Fourth Estate

The Failed Fourth Estate    The Republicans’ plan to gerrymander their way to holding on to the House took a blow this week when a three-judge panel struck down Texas’s new congressional redistricting map. The map, ordered by President Trump, sought to create five additional congressional seats for […]

Bad Deal for Ukraine

Bad Deal for Ukraine Plus: Executiongate, in defense of tradwives, New York gun case, and more… LIZ WOLFE Trump’s deadline for Ukraine: President Donald Trump is apparently pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sign a peace deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, drafted up by special envoy Steve […]

The UN’s Disastrous Gaza Vote

Sponsored by Reaktion Books Today in The New York Review of Books: Sari Bashi inspects the UN’s “peace plan” for Gaza; Ferdinand Mount reevaluates the wartime Tories; Susannah Glickman and Nic Johnson discuss the Trump administration’s senseless economic planning; Sophie Pinkham goes to Uzbekistan’s inaugural art biennial; Ai Xiaoming retraces the life of a […]

To End a War

Analyzing the 28 points of the joint US-Russian draft framework peace proposal Niccolo Soldo Nov 22, 2025 ∙ Paid Share Please hit the like and re-stack buttons at the top of the page as this helps my writing get more visibility. Thank you. The war in Ukraine has […]

Smart Cities Will Kill Freedom

November 22, 2025 Smart Cities Will Kill Freedom Future of Freedom Research Fellow Matthew Crawford uses the story of a skilled stunt motorcycle rider to show why planning is the enemy of play. LA’s declining homelessness numbers: real or illusory? Senior Fellow Lawrence McQuillan asks: Should LA officials […]

A vision of elsewhen

Posted on November 21, 2025 by winter oak by Paul Cudenec (who reads the article here) After weeks of reading and writing about psychopaths in power, child murderers and industrial imperialists, I was badly in need of a change of cultural atmosphere. So I was delighted, while visiting […]

Dem Tea Party TAKEOVER

Episode 253 with Usamah Andradi and Jeff Simpson Krystal Kyle & Friends Nov 21, 2025 ∙ Paid Thanks to Usamah Andradi and Geoff Simpson from Justice Democrats for joining us today. For episode 253, we’re talking about Donald Trump’s low point — his awful response to the move […]

11/21/25 2pm Eastern Round-Table #141: Carl Schmitt and the Friend-Enemy Distinction

I will be joined by Keith Preston, Florian, and Alek to discuss Carl Schmitt’s “Friend-Enemy” distinction. My Contact Info: Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ X: https://twitter.com/PoFPodcast Telegram: t.me/PraiseOfFolly_1511 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PraiseOfFoll… BuyMeACoffe: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PraiseOf… Subscribe Star: https://www.subscribestar.com/PraiseO… Substack: https://substack.com/profile/40985862… Email: tertullian155@protonmail.com Guest Contact Info: Keith Preston: https://attackthesystem.com/ X: @TKeithPreston1 Ulrich: flulrich@gmail.com

Property

By Cake Boy Property is fundamental, it’s the foundation for liberty, libertarians like Hoppe and Rothbard say. I agree with them. But it depends on what kind of property. People don’t think enough about these issues. And Rothbard and Hoppe had/have a twisted idea of what property is, […]

Department of Useless

Department of Useless Plus: Big-city kid exodus, a Hollywood cancellation, and more… LIZ WOLFE Dismantling or reorganizing? The Department of Education “has signed interagency agreements to outsource six offices to other agencies, including those that administer $28 billion in grants to K-12 schools and $3.1 billion for programs […]