2026 – Of Potatoes and Pitchforks

2026 – Of Potatoes and Pitchforks

We are stepping into a period where multiple systemic failures are colliding rather than unfolding one at a time and the usual vocabulary of crisis feels inadequate. Overlapping conflicts, tightening energy markets, fraying social contracts, sovereign debt burdens...

The Staggering Cost Of The Iran War

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s claim that the Iran war has cost the US $25 billion is laughable. The actual cost according to a new study is at least three times more than that. And that leaves out other costs such as opportunity costs. And what did the US get out...

The Comey Indictment and Free Speech

In 200-plus years of interpreting the free speech clause of the First Amendment, the courts have narrowed and expanded its scope. The Supreme Court employed a particularly narrow approach during much of the last century, through two world wars and then the Red Scare...