Elon Musk and X Targeted
However, it’s not just the anti-free speech crowd going after Elon Musk because he restored free speech to the social media platform. He is also being targeted outside the world of social media.
World Politics
A Global Look At the Left
There are some shortcomings with the current administration but allowing the triumvirate of the left back into power is simply not an option.
Russia, Israel and the Paradoxes
Chess and warfare are filled with paradoxes. Most people don’t play chess, which means they don’t understand war. And it shows. To be fair, the paradoxes of war often bamboozle the uninitiated and can look downright evil or brutal. However, refusing to follow the weird logic of war
Nothing Worth Doing Is Easy
Grow your own food, treat your own health and raise your own children. That’s hard, really hard, but nothing worth doing is easy.
Trudeau Dances While Montreal Burns
Why is it so hard for politicians and media to call out violence when initiated by certain groups? Plus a few observations on the ongoing hypocrisy of some New Zealand sportspeople.
Folks Armed With Fun for Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving menu isn’t the only conversation starter. Add in North Korea posturing against the US and the battle in the halls of Congress over bathroom rights and the kitchen table discussion just got interesting.
The Case for an Offensive Strategy
The Houthi threat warrants serious attention because the group undermines the principle of freedom of navigation, a cornerstone of global stability.
Close to a COP Out
Some climate conference decisions were laughable. Makes you wonder why we bother. Nothing’s changing.
Historical Lessons of the Short War Temptation
Julian Spencer-Churchill Dr. Julian Spencer-Churchill is associate professor of international relations at Concordia University, and author of Militarization and War (2007) and of Strategic Nuclear Sharing (2014). It is now a truism that political leaders don’t initiate wars with the expectation that they will be protracted contests of attrition.
Javier Milei’s Blueprint for DOGE
A chainsaw for bureaucracy. Too many politicians don’t really understand economics, but Milei clearly does.
Will Scientists Admit They Haven’t Saved the Ozone Layer?
The longer the hole persists, the greater the likelihood that the ozone layer is dominated by natural factors, not human CFC emissions.