Opinions

One aspect few do enough of is the systematic examination of the public statements — especially when solidified in written form — of one’s enemies. Depending on whom you view as your enemy, therefore, a careful examination of such texts as The Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky (real name, Lev Bronstein), Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, plus…
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Elite universities such as Harvard, Princeton, Columbia or Yale, were created to train and perpetuate the plutocracy. They are not and never have been centers of cutting-edge intellectual thought. They cloak themselves in the veneer of moral probity and intellectualism but cravenly serve political and economic power. This is their nature.…
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Seeing the efforts of EU leaders to support the continuation of the war in Ukraine, against the interests of their own people and despite the warning from Russia that their actions can lead to World War III, makes one think about the lessons from the past. Not Our War When the UK previously offered its guarantees to Poland in…
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Over the years I have been one of those people encouraged by the many parallels between European populist-nationalists and the MAGA movement in the US. There is indeed something going on in many places in the world where shadowy deep states are under threat by nationalist movements of many types. Sometimes though, I have struck a…
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We all know the old joke: When a European referendum delivers the “wrong” outcome, the “the elites” make the country vote again until they get it “right”. The EU thought this would be the case after Brexit. But so far, no one’s laughing. If anything, the situation is worse now. Take Romania, which recently cancelled its…
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As usual, the official narrative, as put forth in the corporate media, about the West's fight with Putin bears no resemblance to the truth about why the West cannot accept a Putin-led Russia. World War III, like all 21st century wars, is not being fought over ideologies. It’s being fought over energy and natural resources. Because…
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As the embers of 2024 spited out their dying sparks and tendrils of smoke corkscrew into 2025: what were the important news stories of the past year? Most people will say something international. The war in Ukraine, the atrocities in Gaza, the fall of Assad. Maybe some will cite elections, it was a big year for voting after all.…
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Many people seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of where we are in the big picture. We are not living in a time of peace and prosperity. Instead, we are living in a time of war, famine, plague, and major natural disasters. We are truly living in the end times, and the coming year will be marked by one crisis after another. The…
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President Putin’s plenary session performance (address + Q&A) at the annual Valdai Club meeting in Sochi began referring to the October 1917 revolution, drawing a direct parallel with our turbulent times: “The moment of truth is coming”. In a clear tribute to Gramsci, he stated how a “completely new world order” is “being formed…
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