"Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell." ~ Karl R. Popper ~

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a...

"Socialism/communism appeals to many people because on the surface it is 'so 'fair, compassionate, and kind'. Of course, once you are able to think beyond that of a 5-year-old, you realize that it is the anthesis of fairness, compassion and kindness. It is contrary to human nature, and hence it is always doomed to fail. But like the proverbial...

"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no-one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong. And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected...

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever." ~ George Orwell, 1984~

This is not, and never has been, a counterinsurgency or counterterrorism operation—It is a conventional urban war against an irregular but fully formed terror army, with their own underground citadel. Yet many Western analysts are incapable of seeing the conflict through anything but the lens of post-9/11 operations. The refrain, echoing official...

Oh my. In spite of efforts by the European Union to stop the interview by Elon Musk with President Donald J. Trump and Facebook (a.k.a. Metz) working to censor the interview it has now exceeded 1 billion views on X. Wonder of wonders. The American people want to hear from the candidates for the presidency.

"Retain the power of speech no matter what other power you may lose ... Do what you will, but speak out always. Be shunned, be hated, be ridiculed, be scared, be in doubt, but don't be gagged. The time of trial is always. Now is the appointed time." ~ John Jay Chapman, 1900 ~

Perhaps the worst case of public discussion being ruthlessly sidelined by an elite that outright distrusts us was in relation to grooming gangs. For years, local councils and police forces around England failed to be open about these largely Pakistani-Muslim gangs that were targeting white-working class girls for sexual exploitation and abuse. In...

"Retain the power of speech no matter what other power you may lose ... Do what you will, but speak out always. Be shunned, be hated, be ridiculed, be scared, be in doubt, but don't be gagged. The time of trial is always. Now is the appointed time." ~ John Jay Chapman, 1900 ~

'You're gonna be so blessed,' said Pastor James Roemke, doing a pretty good Donald Trump impersonation in the warm-up to his Benediction of the Republican National Convention on Monday. 'You're gonna be tired of being blessed, I guarantee it, believe me.' Sitting in the stands with a bandage on his ear, Trump enjoyed the joke – a riff on his...

At first glance, the terrorist attack that Hamas and other Palestinian terrorists committed against Israel seemed to be the declaration of war between Israel. War did break out, but that wasn't what it was about.