Wars Are What We Do They always say the next war is unthinkable. But they prepare for it anyway, as if their amnesia were strategic. War is what we do. History is carved by its timelines. Dates, generals, treaties, invasions. A century without one is an outlier. A decade without

The move to Ghost from substack is progressing as substack has not deactivated my account in some days. My plan is to move one essay a day over from substack and to publish a new essay. I appreciate your comments and pay attention to them. If there is a problem,

Fear! It’s the Core of the Republican Party Fear isn’t just lurking around the Republican Party like background static—it’s the beating heart that keeps the whole machine humming. It pulses through speeches, fuels slogans, and vibrates across talk radio at 3 a.m. Scratch the surface

Money From Nothing Listen0:00/249.8931521× The government creates money by typing numbers into computers. This isn't complicated. The Federal Reserve adds zeros, so money exists. No gold. No vault. Just keystrokes and the full faith of people who pay their taxes in dollars. This drives fiscal

Listen0:00/338.5039911× The question isn't whether Trump "works for" Putin in some formal employment sense—it's whether he serves Putin's interests with such consistency that the distinction becomes meaningless and becomes PrumpTutin. The Pattern: Trump has said Ukraine — not Russia

I was born in Selma, Alabama. The man who designed the original Confederate flag—the “Stars and Bars”—painted a portrait of my great-great-grandfather. That detail always stayed with me. For my family, the flag meant something—something hard to explain. Not racism. Not rebellion. More like memory. Pride, Presence.

Wait… did trump join Star Trek? I swear that logo looks like he's about to beam up and start a war with Klingons over hotel licensing rights. Am I losing it, or did we just repurpose the Starfleet emblem for a real-life Space Farce?