Oligarchy is a very old system of governance and one we have never really escaped. More than 2,000 years ago, Aristotle stated that oligarchy (oligarchia) becomes the governance system...
Yesterday, the US House of Representatives quietly passed a bundle of “digital protections” collectively labelled the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS Act). You might not have heard,...
“The people are the only legitimate fountain of power.” James Madison This is a year of strange anniversaries. Two hundred and fifty years ago, a band of revolutionaries declared...
“At midnight all the agents And the superhuman crew Come out and round up everyone That knows more than they do” Bob Dylan “Desolation Row.” Perhaps you have noticed...
So…that war in Iran might be over. It lasted just under eighteen weeks, most of which was spent in ‘ceasefire’, involved no ground troops and achieved nothing but soaring...
“I love the inflation.” Donald Trump, June 2026 I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody.” Donald Trump, May 2026 America has become an occupied nation....
“You want to defend the United States of America, then defend it with the tools it supplies you with—its Constitution. You ask for a mandate, General, from a ballot...
I can’t say for certain what finally convinced me that the latest U.S.-Israel aggression against Iran will be remembered as a Jewish war crime – one that will probably...
The Pentagon has made good on Donald Trump’s promise and published the first instalment of previously classified UFO files. You can read them all on the Pentagon’s dedicated website....
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech.” Benjamin Franklin Everything this nation once stood for is being turned on its...
In this edition of New World Next Week, your friendly neighbourhood Jameses discuss the “assassination attempt” at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, Billy Corgan’s economics lesson, and how your...
On Saturday night, during the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a gunman opened fire. He wasn’t in the same room as Donald Trump at the time, but that is...
About two weeks ago, I started noticing a lot of anecdotes popping up on my social media feeds about just how dawg-gone awesome China was. Stuff like this, which...
One cannot begin to comprehend the motives of the Uber-Bankers by what their tools, our misleaders, say and do, but the effects of their actions likely betray the true plan. We...
Host Ryan Cristian is joined by James Corbett for this edition of the Last American Vagabond to discuss Trump’s actions around the Strait of Hormuz, how they have affected...
“There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.” Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations You’re not imagining...
Last month, I wrote an article tracking – or, at least, attempting to track – the very confused back-and-forth narrative around the Strait of Hormuz. Is it closed or...
The Iran War has been going on for less than six weeks, has thus far involved no infantry engagements of any kind on either side, and is currently in...
“All lies and jests Still a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest” “The Boxer,” Paul Simon Listening to Donald Trump is like staring at...
Since the US/Israel began their war – sorry, their “targeted, limited, combat operation” – hard facts have been hard to come by. In a more than usually cloudy combat...