In the first quarter of 2020, the first Covid-19 pandemic wave swept the world. This caused a wave of fear to also sweep across the world, leading to governments taking desperate countermeasures that imposed limits on everyday freedoms never before seen in our lifetimes. Stories about Covid-19 went viral in the media, which have covered the pandemic 24/7 throughout 2020 and 2021 to the exclusion of many important health-related topics. The world succumbed to a kind of Covid monomania. What...
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NATO’s Biggest Challenge — Make ‘Frightened’ Europe Pay Up!
The Baltic countries, and some of their Scandinavian neighbors, are mortally terrified of Russia. Or so they would have us believe. They clamored to join NATO as soon as the...
Saudis Plan $40 Billion US Investment To ‘Cement Ties With Trump’
Having gone all-in on a Hillary Clinton victory ahead of the elections, Saudi Arabia has quickly pivoted in its "appreciation" of the Trump administration, and having realized...
Trump Is Making Good Diplomatic Progress With Russia
It's always important from the standpoint of peace that America and Russia, two major nuclear powers, continue to practice diplomacy.The 20th century, with hundreds of millions...
Texas House to Consider Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
The Texas state House of Representatives is scheduled to consider Thursday HB 81, legislation that would decriminalize marijuana in the state. The legislation, should it become...
Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey
President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey this evening in a surprise move. Various politicians and the media have openly referred to the act as “Nixonian” and “another...
A New Constitutional Convention?
The Texas House of Representatives approved a resolution (SJR 2) on Thursday requesting that the United States Congress call a new constitutional convention — the first since the...
The ‘De-Escalation Zones’ are a Clever Trick. Thank God.
In my opinion, Putin and Lavrov are even more clever than I had thought. The Astana process proposal for "de-escalation zones" in Syria has something for everyone:1. The SAG will...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Iraq Agreement, Mass Surveillance, Paul Snooping, Afghan Presence, Distrust Government
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Saturday. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher,...
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