World Politics
Afghanistan Is the ‘Graveyard of Empires’. How Did We Ever Forget That?
Louis T. March mercatornet.com Louis T. March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Tired of hearing about
The Taliban’s Conquest of Kabul Threatens the Lives and Safety of Girls, Women and Sexual Minorities
Deeplina Banerjee Western University Deeplina is currently enrolled as PhD candidate in the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women Studies at the University of Western Ontario. Her broader research interests include international development, humanitarian issues, genocide, and sexual violence. The world watched in shock as Ashraf Ghani, the president of
Wuhan Lab: No Longer ‘If’ but ‘How’
When the SARS-Cov-2 virus erupted in Wuhan in late 2019, its origin was a mystery. But knowing exactly where it came from, and how, was a vital piece of knowledge in knowing how to fight it. But the Chinese government immediately set about lying and covering up. Not
Auckland Lockdown Unlikely to End Next Week
A significant part of the world’s population today is living with high levels of fear. Fear of death by Covid-19. Confronted by stories of hundreds of new “cases”, deaths and horrifyingly mutated variants that will eventually sneak in and get them, average people are losing the will to
China’s Communist Regime Takes Financial Stake in Tiktok
Autumn Johnson newsbusters.org Autumn is a practicing attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats. The Chinese Communist government has taken a stake and board seat in ByteDance, TikTok’
Sweden Exposes the Lie of Lockdowns
If you were to believe the mainstream media and the bootlickers of the Covid dictators, Sweden is an irresponsible mire of death and disease. Sweden has steadfastly resisted bringing down the Covid jackboot. For that, it has been painted as crazy and irresponsible. We’re lectured that Sweden has reaped
Jacinda Ardern Leads the World Again!
We all know that Jacinda Ardern is the World’s Greatest Leader, beloved of the global media for her wisdom and insight. There’s not a virtue signalled, a piety paraded, or a photo opportuned, without “Saint Jacinda” jumping up and down, cooing, “Look at me! Look at me!” She’
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Can a Free and Open Society Allow Vaccine Passes?
David Thunder mercatornet.com David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society. Western societies, at least up to very recently, have distinguished themselves by their commitment to two fundamental principles. The first is the principle that social life is open
What a Difference a Month Makes, Hey Joe?
So, Joe Biden has come out from his Camp David hidey-hole and faced the press over the shocking events in Afghanistan. As America faces up to its second catastrophic defeat in a generation, even the sycophantic American mainstream media are growing hostile with Biden. But Biden refused to accept
Kabul Has Fallen – But Don’t Blame Biden
Ron Paul mises.org Dr. Ron Paul is a former member of Congress and Distinguished Counselor to the Mises Institute. This weekend the US experienced another “Saigon moment,” this time in Afghanistan. After a 20 year war that drained trillions from Americans’ pockets, the capital of Afghanistan fell without a
As Afghanistan Falls, What Does It Mean for the Middle East?
Tony Walker La Trobe University Tony Walker is a vice chancellor’s fellow at La Trobe University. He is a columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. He is a dual Walkley Award winner for commentary, and recipient of the Paul Lyneham Award for Excellence in Press Gallery
Biden’s Shameful Surrender Will Haunt Us All
It was back in 2015 that Foreign Policy bluntly described Barack Obama’s foreign policy as a, and I quote, “giant cluster-fuck”. Welcome back to the future, courtesy of Obama’s Veep, Joe Biden. As Foreign Policy noted, Obama might have inherited a diabolical foreign policy situation — but he