Covid’s war on women

Is the coronavirus a tool of the phallocracy? Not that it’s a pissing contest, but more men than women have died from COVID-19 so far. This is Rush Limbaugh-like “left parody” material here. By Ryan Heath and Renuka Rayasam Politico During this plague year, there is almost never […]

The Other 150 States

By Tony Seed In the dead of night, they swept in aboard V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.  Landing in a remote region of one of the most volatile countries on the planet, they raided a village and soon found themselves in a life-or-death firefight. It was the second time […]

The United States of Globalization

An interesting infographic from the Smithsonian Institute indicating where around the world US forces are involved. See an enlarged version here. By Stephanie Savell and 5W Infographics Smithsonian Magazine Less than a month after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, U.S. troops—with support from British, […]

The Empire is Cracking

One thing I really like about Peter Zeihan’s geopolitical analysis is that it is non-ideological. It’s not about taking anyone’s side as much as saying, “Like it or not, this is what is happening. Make of it what you will.” One of the best things about Zeihan is […]

Facebook’s new un-elected censorship board

Big Tech brings back the censorship boards that existed before the civil rights revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, and which still exist in some places. Research Director of the American Economic Liberties Project Matt Stoller explains why Facebook decided to elect their own independent appeals board to […]

Amy Chua, “Political Tribes”

Her comments about 30 minutes into this are on the money. She points out that US politics has become divided into competing coalitions of “tribes” who think they are oppressed and under attack, but who regard “the other side’s” claims of being oppressed as ridiculous. She also points […]