I was flipping around television on what I’d forgotten was the 30-year anniversary of the massacre in Waco, Texas. It
Author: Tom Shackleford
Fang Fang, Bang Bang
At a used book sale back in the 90s, I came across Sexpionage: The Exploitation of Sex by Soviet Intelligence
A Dog Barks, I Listen
I’ve never planned a war before, but if given the task, there are basic metrics I’d expect. For example, artillery.
The Next War?
When America keeps harping about China invading Taiwan by a certain date, what’s really going on is that it’s going
The Future Arrives
Anyone familiar with the situation and actually considers a military confrontation between the U.S. and China to be a feasible
The Endless Loop?
We live in a system with rhetorical guardrails on our political and social discourse intended to keep Heritage Americans moving
How They’re Getting Fooled
From the looks of things, Ukraine will be launching a counteroffensive in the coming weeks. That’s not because it’s a
The Predictive Value of Stupidity
We’re reaching a geopolitical inflection point. The proxy war against the Russian Federation, in order to facilitate its dismemberment, is
Stupid: Quantified versus Categorized
There are different types of stupid. What I mean is it’s something better categorized than quantified. I’d say the worst
The Global Financial System
The global financial system is complex but some things are easy to grasp. First, it’s deliberately opaque. Ownership of many