From the vantage point of someone who has spent enough time in uniform to know what real threats look like, it’s always instructive to watch a much larger state invent imaginary ones. Some governments worry about missiles; the Northern Colossus worries about whether its citizens are having enough state-approved sex. Different risk matrices, same existential drama.
Their latest stroke of national genius is a full-spectrum campaign against the most dangerous … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
“The world is a comedy for those who think, and a tragedy for those who feel” – Horace Walpole
“Only the Lonely” was the signature song of a guy named Roy Orbison, a star in the early rock’ n’ roll era. Orbison died in 1988 of a heart attack at the age of 52. Songs are full of lonely guys; they were back … Read the rest
Content 16+ Every morning, in the quiet of homes far removed from the centers of power, people pick up their phones, turn on their televisions, and engage in the latest battle of ideological warfare. They argue over policies that will never touch them, defend leaders who do not know their names, and demonize people they have never met. A man in Paris rages about Trump. A woman in Madrid despises … Read the rest
