I’m reproducing here an exchange below the line of a post yesterday by Professor Richard Murphy: MMT advocate, tax specialist, Quaker, bird watcher and much else. His clarity on how money works, ergo on how the cruelties of decades of … Read More »
I had definitive proof a quarter century ago that identity politics’ obsession with terminology … … in just 200 years we’ve progressed all the way from expecting our leaders to slaughter brown-skinned peoples while saying racist things, to expecting our … Read More »
The entire Epstein Island operation was an intelligence mission aimed at entrapping politicians, celebrities, media figures, and decision-makers through sexual blackmail, recruiting them as Israeli agents Ari Ben-Menashe, former Israeli Intelligence officer (see footnote 1) * I’m human: I enjoy … Read More »
Europe’s political elites, captured and groomed decades ago by Washington, have been allotted the task of continuing to bog down Russia in Ukraine to free up the US to pursue its overarching goal of encircling China. As their citizens face … Read More »
I’d intended to return today to what, in the face of intense competition, is the most burning question of all – will the USS Abraham Lincoln and its carrier fleet really strike Iran? – but I’m not there yet. Here … Read More »
Three quick reads; natural follow ups to my post yesterday on Trump’s ‘beautiful armada’ and WW3. First there’s Caitlin Johnstone, punchy as ever, writing today: Only Idiots Believe The War Propaganda About Iran It is not okay to be a grown adult … Read More »
A few years ago I met at a social event a senior executive in a publishing firm. She planned to take a year out of the corporate scene to travel, and especially wanted to visit Korea. “South Korea”, she added, … Read More »
Today I bring four third-party pieces, all short, but I start with a correction. In my post five days ago, on the prima facie murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, I got two details wrong; one of them critical. … Read More »
An opinion piece in the Jerusalem Post yesterday: December 21, 2025. Bondi massacre was not about free speech – it’s the cost of normalizing antisemitism It’s written by one Sharon Pardo, who begins: The Hanukkah attack in Sydney was a terrorist … Read More »
Screengrab: Novara Media on fake, AI generated podcasts * For several weeks I’ve been aware of fake videos purporting to be talking head podcasts from pundits who, while I have my differences with them, get my respect as useful contributors … Read More »