Whatever happened to Afghanistan… again? Remember when Afghanistan dominated the headlines, a whole 20 years ago. Then it made its Elvis-like comeback — only to flash and fade again from the Western media consciousness. If Vietnam was the “television war”, Afghanistan was the war television forgot — twice. The Western media
As BFD readers will surely be aware, I’m no fan of the Solomon Islands government and its security pact with China. But, if nothing else, the whole affair serves to throw a harsh light on the rank hypocrisy of the media-political rhetoric over the Ukraine war. It also
What absolute twaddle! Of course, my net worth is not zero! I have assets such as: A Healthy Bank Account. Well, just make sure that you do not donate any money to a cause the government then decides it does not like. Look what happened to those who legally donated
Kimberly Tower American University School of International Service Camille Gélix Sciences Po Kimberly Tower is a fifth-year PhD Candidate in International Relations and Comparative Politics at the American University School of International Service in Washington, D.C. Camille Gélix graduated in Political Science from the University of Montreal and
Fools, as they say, rush in. As I wrote some months back, China is eagerly hopping into the still-warm grave of the US intervention in Afghanistan. The last US helicopter had barely lifted off when China’s foreign minister was hosting the Taliban and preparing to sign a series
Truth, as they say, is the first casualty of war. Rationality and nuanced debate are usually next up against the wall. Once the war drums start pounding, brains stop working and everything collapses into a black-and-white dichotomy. “We” are invariably on the side of the angels, and “they”
John W. Whitehead Nisha Whitehead rutherford.org Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president The Rutherford Institute. His books Battlefield America: The War on the American People and A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State are available at www.amazon.com. Warning Long read:
As the joke goes, Vladimir Putin single-handedly cured Covid. After all, from dominating media coverage almost exclusively for nearly three years, Covid suddenly all but vanished from the headlines. Instead, suddenly, it’s wall-to-wall wailing and gnashing of teeth over Ukraine. Let’s not be mistaken: war
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. The best-known 20th century Ukrainian novelist is … ? No, not Marina Lewycka, author of the prize-winning British novel A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, which won a clutch of prizes in 2005
Tony Hall is a former San Francisco DA. He’s seen the results of prohibition and drug dependency up close. In other words, he knows what he’s talking about. Here’s his solution to the drug crisis, particularly with regard to the black market. The black market supplying drugs
Aaron Kheriaty brownstone.org Aaron Kheriaty, former Professor of Psychiatry at the UCI School of Medicine and Director, Medical Ethics at UCI Health, is a Senior Scholar of the Brownstone Institute. In his classic dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell famously wrote, “If you want a picture of the future, imagine
Scott Atlas brownstone.org Scott W. Atlas, M.D., is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health care policy at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University and a fellow at Hillsdale College’s Academy for Science and Freedom. It was February 2020 and news accounts had been describing increasingly alarming
Capitalist This morning I was reading a thoughtful essay on The BFD by Matt Judd where he covered quite a lot of ground regarding the changes of the last couple of years. He mentions enemies within, plans to subjugate the entire population and various other sick, demented things that are
Lauren Southern was right: once again, the Boomers have ruined everything. As analysis of voting trends shows, the only demographic who voted for Emmanuel Macron over Marine Le Pen were les codgers, the over-60s and 70s. Thanks, grandpere et grandmere. But, if Le Pen has lost the presidency, she’
Well, they can’t say they weren’t warned. Exactly what Donald Trump warned smirking EU leaders — especially Angela Merkel — is coming to pass: Russia is moving to cut off the gas supplies that they are absolutely dependent on. I might also note that it looks like I’ve been
If you’re worried that Western countries are rapidly establishing a Chinese-style Social Credit System, why, you’re just a nutbag, right-wing conspiracy theorist, and probably racist. Don’t believe your lyin’ eyes that that’s exactly what we’re seeing unfold right in front of us: the
