Don Williams 
The thunder of war in Ukraine often dominates the headlines about Russia, but amidst all the chaos, the Russian foreign intelligence service recently made an interesting move. Sergei Naryshkin, the director of the Sluzhba Vneshnei Razvedki (SVR), the Russian equivalent of the CIA, unveiled a statue of Feliks Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Soviet secret …
Once upon a time, presidential impeachment was a rare event. However, with four out of the five inquiries in U.S. history occurring in the past 25 years, there has been a growing interest in understanding and explaining the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, which was launched on Tuesday. Many have turned to the 2019 …
Ever since Elon Musk’s team began manipulating the algorithms of X (formerly Twitter), I have noticed a significant shift in the content that is being pushed to users. My “For you” tab is now filled with tradwives, shoplifting videos, and that individual with strong opinions on trouser creases. It has also become a breeding ground …
In today’s digital age, it has become commonplace for parents to track and monitor their children’s activities. This was evident during a Q&A session I held a few years ago at a high school in an affluent suburb of Chicago, where a father openly admitted to tracking his kids’ locations using their phones. He even …
The resurgence of eugenics on the American right In recent times, the pseudoscience of eugenics has experienced a resurgence among the American right. In a remarkable revelation, Richard Hanania, an academic and Substack writer known as “Richard Hoste,” was exposed by HuffPost reporter Christopher Mathias for his writings supporting white supremacism, advocating for the sterilization …
Joe Biden Faces Union Backlash Over Lack of Support for Well-Paid Jobs in Green Economy Joe Biden had promised to be the most pro-union president in American history, but his administration’s actions are facing criticism from one of the country’s prominent unions, the United Auto Workers (UAW). UAW President Shawn Fain recently released a scathing …
Hunter Biden Indicted on Gun Charges: The Other Side of Prominence Julio Cortez / AP September 14, 2023, 3:43 PM ET President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, faces a new legal challenge. He was indicted today on three counts of gun-related crimes. According to federal prosecutors in Delaware, Hunter Biden allegedly falsified information when purchasing …
What is a “hold” in the Senate? This is not a question that many casual observers of American politics would typically ask. However, Tommy Tuberville, the senator from Alabama, has brought attention to it with his blanket hold on all crucial military promotions that require confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Tuberville’s action, now in its …
To hear the Supreme Court justices appointed by Republicans tell it, they adamantly deny being partisan hacks and find it unjust for anyone to suggest otherwise. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in a 2021 speech at the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center, named after Senator Mitch McConnell, emphatically stated, “This Court is not comprised of a …
Four years ago, The New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project, a series of essays aiming to place “the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative,” sparked heated debate. Some criticisms of the essays were substantive, others less so. The backlash, however, has endured long after …