Commentaries

With the power of 20/20 hindsight, the Soviet Union was not wrong, it was just too early. As we can see today, after more of the world market grew outside of the USA’s control, the rising tide lifted all boats. But just to be clear, the world grew more prosperous despite the USA, not because of it. … Read more

Are there reptilians among us?

We’re still in Theodosia, of course, and this was the second Victory Day parade we’ve attended here. We caught May 9 on our vacation while shopping for houses last year. In 2024 we were in Crimea for the first time, and happened to be in Kerch for May 9. Unfortunately I misremembered the start-time as … Read more

Iran went toe-to-toe against the USA and won, but with China as a friend, who needs enemies?

Orban lost the election because, like many conservative countries in Eastern Europe, Hungary thought they could have their cake and eat it too. They play this game of taking EU money while dancing around the ideological and political requirements. The game works for a generation, then comes time to pay the piper, and payment is delivered through the children.