Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Gold

Or, why fight when you can negotiate

Trump is losing it

'It' is a broad category

Why the Epstein case matters

Some thoughts and a response to David Brooks

Operation Southern Spear(ed)

The Nobel wannabe eyes another war

It wasn't supposed to be a playbook!

Glad everyone's enjoying my history of American empire. Please stop reenacting it.

Will a joke from 'The Office' cost the Democrats Virginia? And other questions.

Mailbag!

This isn't peace

It's a ceasefire, and a shaky one at that.

Short circuiting

Round-up of the insanity. Plus: Send your questions.

'I'm a very strong person for free speech'

There are no contradictions here. The crackdown was always coming.

Has Trump found his Reichstag fire?

Or will more people push back in time?

On political violence

We're going from bad to worse

Denial ain't just a river (to the sea)

The reports of genocide in Gaza are mounting. So are Israel's excuses.

Critical conditions

Famine classified in Gaza as the military occupies DC

No, the 'UN' didn't lower its standards for declaring a famine in Gaza

Dissecting some denial

Substack's extremist ecosystem is flourishing

Yup, they're still at it.

Epstein and Empire

Or, what I did on my summer vacation

Worst case scenario

How the US-Israel 'preemptive war' on Iran may have triggered something worse

Niceties matter, part 2

An illegal little war (that could become an illegal big war)

The niceties matter

Addicted to war

Just one more little Middle Eastern conflict, it'll be painless, they swear

The imperial boomerang hits LA

Plus: Israel strikes Iran

What story is the Boulder attack part of?

Narratives matter, part infinity

Mr. Prince goes to Haiti

Let Joe go

I'm sorry he's having a rough time. The rest of us have to move on.

Hypocrisy's vectors

Trump's gifts from Qatar, asylum for Boers, persecuting speech and more