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The Hand Inside the Glove: How Silicon Valley’s New Statism Mirrors the Neoconservative Turn

In 2003, a group of suited men with elite credentials stood before the world and insisted that history could be bent toward freedom—if only America would use its unmatched power to reshape the Middle East. They were idealists, they said. Liberators. But behind their words lay something older, colder: the conviction that a centralized elite could manage the world better than the people themselves.

Two decades later, the suits have changed. Hoodies and Patagonia vests now serve the same function. ...

C’est la Garish

Back in the good old days, before anyone had ever heard of the name Kardashian, the month of August signaled the smart set’s exodus from the French Riviera for cooler climes. The great unwashed, as they were then called, would arrive in droves, prepaid to do so by a socialist French government, hence the hasty departure of the rich and famous.

Actually, I’m exaggerating, as it wasn’t as blatant or as obvious as all that. But August was the month that saw the Riviera become overcrowded, and those...

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Guinness, Gaza, and the Gospel: When Ethno-Nationalism Masquerades as Faith

On July 17th, an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic parish killed three—including two elderly women—and left many wounded, including the pastor. The next day, Babylon Bee Editor Joel Berry had this to say about the victims: There are “only about 200 professed Catholics still living in Gaza and they all support Hamas.” They “aid and support the terror regime,” he added.

On July 16th, one day before the attack on the church, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee stated this in response to Ir...

We’re All Palestinians Now

The United States has focused on the Middle East since World War II, seeking its oil, gas, and other mineral resources and coveting control of its strategic waterways. The old colonial powers and the superpowers of the Cold War era most often backed dictatorial regimes there, because they were easier to control than democracies, and this country also supported the Israeli settler colony as a bulwark of Western interests. President George W. Bush was the first president to depart (at least rhetor...

Hypocrisy on Steroids, About the Gaza Genocide

The U.S. supplies 69% of the weapons, Germany supplies 30%, for Israel’s extermination of the Gazans, but on July 21st, America’s AP headlined “UK, Canada and 26 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’”, and reported that, “Twenty-eight countries including Britain, Japan and a host of European nations issued a joint statement Monday saying the war in Gaza ‘must end now’ — the latest sign of allies’ sharpening language as Israel’s isolation deepens.” America’s AP did not headline “Isra...

Is it That We Want What We Can’t Afford?

Would you be willing to pay extra for options such as power windows, door locks, cruise control, AC and an automatic transmission? Of course, you already do. Because you have no choice – assuming you choose to buy a new vehicle.

Before about 25 years ago, it was not uncommon for these features to be optional in modestly priced vehicles. Now they are standard equipment in all vehicles and for just that reason there is no longer such a thing as a modesty priced vehicle. There isn’t one available ...

The Deep State and the Epstein Scandal

From what I can tell, there are four possible reasons for President Trump’s refusal to order that the Jeffrey Epstein files be released to the public:

1. That Trump’s name is possibly included in those files. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, Attorney General Pam Bondi has informed Trump that his name appears in the files.

2. That wealthy, powerful, politically connected people who engaged in sexual relations with underaged girls, along with Epstein, are supposedly using their ...

Trump HHS Finds Patients Are Being Taken for Organ Retrieval While Still Alive

On July 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced a major push to begin reforming the U.S. organ procurement and transplantation system. This announcement was prompted by a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) investigation that uncovered multiple examples of patients who were not dead when they were taken for organ procurement.

The HRSA investigation revealed that out of 351 cases studied, 103 (29.3 percent) were found...

Anti-Zelensky Protests Erupt Across Ukraine

Thousands took to the streets across Ukraine Tuesday evening in protest of a move by President Volodymyr Zelensky that would further consolidate his power.

Zelensky approved amendments that put control of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (Sap) in the hands of the general prosecutor, who happens to be appointed by the president. Ukrainians see this as a path to more power in the hands of a few and less power for the people. Protests br...