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Spiraling Violence in Chicago: Causes and Solutions

There’s violent crime aplenty in Chicago. But punishment? Not so much. Photo by Chait Goli on Pexels.com [https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-buildings-1823681/]Murders nationwide in 2020 rose a stunning 29.4 percent over the previous year, the largest annual increase since the FBI began

Many Predicted NATO Expansion Would Lead to War.

Photo by Jakson Martins on Pexels.com [https://www.pexels.com/photo/soldier-holding-gun-2230885/]I'm not a huge fan of the Cato Institute, but this is a good piece: Russia's military offensive against Ukraine is an act of aggression [https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/

Will Putin Use Nukes?

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com [https://www.pexels.com/photo/grayscale-photo-of-explosion-on-the-beach-73909/] From his principal avenues of attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin began this war with three strategic goals. Send an army south from Belarus to capture Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv,

The Javelin is Wrecking Putin's Tanks

Photo by Andy on Pexels.com [https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-woman-throwing-a-javelin-6271998/]Ukraine is a highly devout country – about 87% of its 41 million citizens practice Christianity. So it's notable that, to many Ukrainians, Mary Magdalene now has a new moniker [https://www.

Rubio, Sanders, CNN, and CIA All Align

Photo by Donald Tong on Pexels.com [https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-camera-recorder-66134/]It is genuinely hard to overstate how overwhelming the unity and consensus in U.S. political and media circles is. It is as close to a unanimous and dissent-free discourse as anything in

The United States is Weak and Corrupt. Russia and China Know It

I think that's what Rod Dreher is saying here. I don't disagree. Photo by Matti on Pexels.com [https://www.pexels.com/photo/young-girl-protesting-against-war-in-ukraine-11284548/] I’m getting a lot of blowback in the comments section from people who are

Howard Stern Has Left the Building

Howard Stern was never just another entertainer. For millions of (mostly male) fans—first in New York, and later, thanks to syndication, in markets around North America—he was the guy who helped get them through the day and rise above their mundane frustrations, with his irreverent humor about politics

Neil Young Never Hated the Man(son)

The song Neil Young wrote about the infamous murderer Charles Manson Neil Young and Charles Manson have a bizarrely intertwined history. The two men once shared a jam session at a time when Manson was an up and coming talent, one that had started to make waves in California and

The Great Reset is State-of-the-Art Hudge and Gudge

"Stakeholder capitalism" is big business with government shareholders . . . and it'll be wicked G.K. Chesterton wrote about "Hudge and Gudge": Big Business and Big Government. Here's how the American Chesterton Society describes these two GKC characters: Chesterton introduced these two in his

Terry Teachout, RIP

Terry Teachout died [https://newcriterion.com/blogs/dispatch/terry-teachout-19562022]. It's a terrible loss. He was one of those writers that made you feel smarter and better. I first started reading him when I was in college. He was the first columnist I read when National Review