Policies of Denial

On November 14 the Guardian reported, on the basis of internal military documents, that the United States was “planning for the long-term division of Gaza.” Reconstruction of the devastated territory, according to the report, would begin in the Israeli-controlled half of the Strip, east of the “yellow line,” which dozens of […]

“We Need a Great Return”

An Interview with Dr. Márton Békés Arktos Journal Jan 03, 2026 Andrej Sekulović interviews Dr. Márton Békés on the geopolitical challenges facing Europe, the situation in Hungary, the misguided policies of the European Union, and what the future holds for the continent. Originally published in the Slovenian magazine […]

Why Drugs Should Be Legal

25 April, 2025 Bryan Mercadente Why Drugs Should Be Legal, Libertarian Alliance Reply here At school, we had a special assembly on drugs this week. It was one of those solemn occasions where a grinning police officer tried to convince you that the odd joint will lead to […]

New Year, New Mayor

JANUARY 2, 2026 New Year, New Mayor Zohran Mamdani Must Not Give Good Intentions a Bad Name → It’s 2026 and we have a democratic socialist mayor of New York City. A few minutes after midnight on New Year’s Day, Zohran Mamdani took his oath of office in […]

A Socialist Swearing In

A Socialist Swearing In Plus: the limits of Zohran Mamdani’s ability to ruin New York, Trump’s National Guard withdrawal, and a deadly New Year’s blaze in Switzerland CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI Mamdani sworn in: Zohran Mamdani, 34, was sworn in as the new mayor of New York City on New […]

Will Zelensky survive 2026?

2026: Budanov’s year. Coup? CIA defeats MI6? Biletsky, Syrsky, and others. Events in Ukraine Jan 02, 2026 ∙ Paid I believe the future belongs to General Kirillo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s military intelligence. The country’s most accomplished spook. One of the CIA’s most astounding assets. A man so […]

Trump vs. Venezuela

Join Todd Lewis and the team, Florian, Keith, and Ale,x as we discuss the rising tensions between the US and Venezuela during Trump’s second term. 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 Co-host: Keith Preston: […]

The Rise of Militant Centrism

By Frank Furedi, Compact Magazine   Centrists often come across as wishy-washy compromisers, instinctively committed to smoothing out political differences and avoiding conflict. But this familiar description no longer captures the reality of contemporary politics. Instead, recent decades have seen the rise an extremism of the center, or […]

Five politicians of 2025

Zelensky, Yermak, Myndich, Malyuk, Shabunin. Events in Ukraine Jan 01, 2026 What’s the right format for a roundup of the year? Events? Far too many have transpired. Processes, reforms, intrigues? Too abstract, too complex. So I’ve settled with a rather phallocentric list of individuals. Their affairs involve the […]

Syria Turns Violent…Again

Released on Patreon on Dec 25, 2025 Need a gift this holiday season? Purchase a membership to Peter Zeihan’s Patreon page for someone who needs it… GIFT A MEMBERSHIP HERE Following the recent attacks on US troops in Syria, the question of the day is: Why does the […]

The Dawn of the Mamdani Era

No images? Click here Today in The New York Review of Books: Corey Robin, Deborah Eisenberg, Willa Glickman, and Michael Greenberg look at the future of Mamdani’s New York; Isma’il Kushkush finds himself trapped in Khartoum; Yiyun Li goes on an adventure with Beryl Bainbridge; Michael Dirda revives the […]

Right-Wing YouTuber Behind Viral Minnesota Fraud Video Has Long Anti-Immigrant History

Most Read Right-Wing YouTuber Behind Viral Minnesota Fraud Video Has Long Anti-Immigrant History Jonah Valdez Before alleging fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community, right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley built a following with anti-immigrant clips. Read More → Dan Goldman Supported Warrantless Spying on Americans. Now His Primary Opponent Is Hitting […]

My poems

By Anonymous Poetry Person You want too much Your body is a stone A hungry ghost In a cold well You look at the lights You live in the future You think about the past   Everything bores me I want to be a heroin addict I wrestle […]

Why Are Zoomers Embracing Extremist Ideas?

By Joel Kotkin December 24, 2025/in Demographics Conservatives have rightly denounced the extremist tendency among young progressives, but there’s a similar problem now evident on the Right. A new Manhattan Institute study of Generation-Z Republicans confirms this problem, with some embracing conspiracy theories, including antisemitic ones, that were […]

America’s Great Migration

By Joel Kotkin December 23, 2025/in Demographics ‘For many states that were once great have now become small; and those that were great in my time were small formerly. Knowing therefore that human prosperity never continues in one stay.’ So wrote Herodotus in his Histories, in the fifth […]