History
The USS Liberty: Just a Blunder?
When a person publicly expresses a preference for evidence over hearsay before making up their mind over a political issue that threatens the powerful, the ‘conspiracy’ bludgeon is a crude but effective weapon.
A Brief History of the Panama Canal
The US took over a bankrupt French project, backed an independence movement, and paid a $25 million ransom to get the marvel finished.
Israel Not Happy as Ukraine Glorifies a Nazi Collaborator
People tend to “not check what happened in the past,” acting ambassador to Russia Alexander Ben Zvi has said.
The Spy Who Saved the World
Oleg Gordievsky was the Soviet double agent who prevented a nuclear war.
‘Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death’
Marking the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry’s famous speech.
And Where Is the Media on This?
Where are today’s media’s Woodward and Bernstein? Who in the media is doing the grunt work that makes up investigative reporting of these decidedly violent attacks on Musk’s Teslas?
This Won’t Work
Why challenging Donald Trump’s executive authority in the courts is unlikely to end happily.
Big Crunch or Big Bang?
How do we know that “our” Big Bang wasn’t the first one? Maybe our “Big Bang” is the one hundred millionth time a Big Bang has happened.
Normiecons Get It Arse About Yet Again
Blind fools taking the side of the tyranny of the mob.