Adam Andrzejewski realclearwire.com Topline: The United States has sent $2.6 billion of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan since August 2021, some of which wound up in the hands of the Taliban terrorist organization, according to a recent Inspector General report. Key Facts: Afghanistan does not have the infrastructure to
As I wrote some time ago, it is beyond obvious that the only way the Ukraine war will end is a negotiated peace. Anyone who claimed even back then that Russia would be decisively defeated was kidding themselves — and condemning more Russians and Ukrainians to death. Today, holding out for
When ISIS-K terrorists launched their bloody attack in Moscow last week, it was merely the most visible outrage of a renewed terrorist threat that has been growing since last October. The field is ripe for a resurgence of Islamic mayhem, no doubt as Hamas and its backers in Iran principally,
Michael Cook Michael Cook is editor of Mercator mercatornet.com In the United States, Australia, and Europe there can be no cause more idealistic, more popular, and more progressive than the abolition of female genital mutilation (FGM). Many countries have banned it; NGOs educate people about it. The United Nations
Rule of Thumb: if Helen Clark is for it, it’s probably a really, really bad idea. Especially if it’s yet another UN boondoggle. Especially when it’s a UN boondoggle overseen by an agency even more thoroughly discredited than usual. After all, let’s not forget that a
Tamás Klein Tamás Klein is a Hungarian paleolibertarian and an economics student at Grove City College. He is the president of the Mises Society at Grove City College and an apprentice for the Mises Institute. mises.org In recent years, my homeland, Hungary, a small country in central-eastern Europe, has
Some people nicknamed it the American Stonehenge because it looked a little like the Neolithic Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. The US Georgia Guidestones were four 19-foot-tall granite panels carved out of local stone in northeast Georgia and had been erected on 22 March 1980. The panels featured inscriptions in multiple
James C Roberts James C Roberts served in the Reagan Administration from 1981–1984 and is the founder and executive chairman of Radio America, a national conservative radio network with more than 630 affiliates. Editor’s Note: In honour of National Vietnam War Veterans Day, we present this article by
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com There has been fairly predictable outrage this week at the revelation by Judith Collins, the minister in charge of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) and Security Intelligence Service (SIS), that China spied on our Parliament in 2021. China has denied the accusation, but knowing Judith
Robert M. Dover Professor of Intelligence and National Security, University of Hull The attack on the Crocus City concert hall in the Moscow suburbs, which left 137 people dead, has again raised questions about the effectiveness of intelligence in identifying and preventing massive acts of terrorism. Intelligence about such events
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CJ Hopkins Playwright, novelist, political satirist cjhopkins.substack.com One of the first things totalitarians do when they set about transforming a democratic society into whatever type of strictly-regulated, utterly soul-deadening totalitarian dystopia they are trying to transform it into is radically overhaul and remake its culture. You can’t
Greg Barton Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation; Scholar -In-Residence Asia Society Australia, Deakin University It appears almost certain the brutal assault on a Russian crowd settling down to watch a rock concert in Moscow on Friday night was an Islamist terrorist attack. At
Joanne Nova A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. She hosted a children’s TV series on Channel Nine, and has done over 200 radio interviews, many on the Australian ABC. She was formerly an associate
Harry Palmer I’ve long been a fan of Alistair Cooke (1908–2004), right back from the days in the early 1950s in post-war Britain when I heard his Letter from America on the wireless for the first time. That was well before I even knew what a television was,
familyfirst.org.nz Welcome to PulsePoint Episode 2 – the latest media stories and research related to family and society that you need to know about – issues from both New Zealand and overseas that the Family First team have been monitoring and researching over the last week. It’s time to
