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The Year in Politics Was About — Surprisingly — America Beginning to Lead a Troubled World Out of Decline Dec 23, 2022 Member-only Save 2022 will be remembered as a remarkable year in the world politically. Why? Because it was the year that — defying everyone’s expectations — America came back, while the world fell … Read more

Britain is Suffering in Shocking Ways ‚Äî But Its Leaders Don‚Äôt Care Dec 21, 2022 Member-only Save Take a hard look at the picture above ‚Äî if you can stomach it for more than a second or two, that is. What is it?Whois it? Where was it taken? What story is it telling? The old … Read more

Why Trump’s Referral on Criminal Charges Matters — To America and the World Dec 20 Member-only Save By now, you’ve heard — The Jan 6th Committeeissued, at last, a criminal referral, to the Justice Department, against Donald Trump. And you’ve heard a chorus of pundits saying things like: it won’t matter, it’s not legally binding, … Read more

The Moral of Brexit Britain’s Descent into the Underworld of Modernity Dec 15, 2022 Member-only Save In mylast essay about Britain, I catalogued the shocking privations that Brits are going through — it’s descent into neo Dickensian poverty. This is what becoming a failed stateis. This time, though, I want to discuss the moral of … Read more

(Why the 2020s Are) The Age of Inflection Dec 17, 2022 Member-only Save What will history think of this decade? How will it remember it? I think that it’ll come to be thought of as the Age of Inflection. An age where inflection points were hit — and after that, certain forms of decline, if … Read more

What Do Fanatical Movements Do After Democracy Rejects Them? They Double Down on Violence Dec 8 Member-only Save It’s been a terrible few weeks for the former President of the United States, the Orange Buffoon. So many hammer blows have hit him, it’s hard to keep track. His “organization” — what is this, a mafia? … Read more

How One of Fashion’s Great Names Turned to Spite and Contempt — Only to Find Itself Devoured by Them Dec 3 Member-only Save We’re going to do something a little different today. I’m going to attempt to tell the story of how the global economy went wrong — unleashing a fascist mega-wave upon the world … Read more

And What America’s Teaching the World About Breaking the Laws of History Nov 26, 2022 Member-only Save We live in strange and perilous times. As if climate change and mass extinction weren’t enough, they’re accompanied by…the return of fascism to the global stage. Wave after wave of it pulses across the world, like civilization itself … Read more

How Hate Came to Permeate our Societies, And Why It’s Destroying Them From Within Nov 22, 2022 Member-only Save When I think about what shape our civilization is — and our countries are — in, I often talk about Five Existential Threats. Climate change, mass extinction, underinvestment, inequality, and authoritarianism slash fascism. To those, though, … Read more