Kash Patel and the Collapse of Serious American Leadership

Before Congress sat not Kash Patel, Director of the FBI, but Kash the Distinguished Discoverer — wizard, children’s book protagonist, and MAGA mythmaker-in-chief. This wasn’t testimony. This was theatrical canon-building, pinched...
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The Loudersons, Part Deux

I walked into the urgent care waiting room, hobbling on a cane, and there they were already,...
Africa

Flags of Convenience: Inside West Africa’s Hidden Oil Laundering Machine

Oil, for all its thick, black stubbornness, is surprisingly adaptable. Each barrel carries a story—origins, ownership, even...
Africa

Iran’s Shadow Fleet Has a New Port: Nigeria

It begins with two tankers bobbing just off the coast of Nigeria. One’s flagged to Cameroon, though...

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U.S.

Kash Patel and the Collapse of Serious American Leadership

Before Congress sat not Kash Patel, Director of the FBI, but Kash the Distinguished Discoverer — wizard, children’s book...
Human Stories

The Loudersons, Part Deux

I walked into the urgent care waiting room, hobbling on a cane, and there they were already,...
Africa

Flags of Convenience: Inside West Africa’s Hidden Oil Laundering Machine

Oil, for all its thick, black stubbornness, is surprisingly adaptable. Each barrel carries a story—origins, ownership, even...
Africa

Iran’s Shadow Fleet Has a New Port: Nigeria

It begins with two tankers bobbing just off the coast of Nigeria. One’s flagged to Cameroon, though...
U.S.

Democracy by Gunpoint and Other Dumb Ideas from a Man in a Hat.

There he was. Standing in front of the United States Military Academy like a man who’d just...
U.S.

Trump as Pope Isn’t Just Absurd—It’s a Moral Collapse

The image was jarring: Donald Trump, dressed in papal regalia, circulated by a government-linked account during the...
U.S.

Speak Softly, Carry a Big Stick—Or Just Yell Until No One Cares

Theodore Roosevelt had a knack for distilling power into poetry: “Speak softly and carry a big stick;...
U.S.

Missile Strikes and Group Chats: A Masterclass in National Insecurity

Of all the ways to set your national security credibility on fire, few top the achievement of...
Commentary

Jesuit Education: The Original Spy School.

You can always spot another Jesuit grad. Not because they flash a secret handshake, but because there’s...
Europe

No, America Didn’t ‘Allow’ Europe to Rebuild—And It’s Sure Not Stopping Russia Now

Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma recently graced CNN with a bit of historical revisionism, declaring, "We allowed...
Commentary

America, the Only Country to Ever Invoke Article 5

On September 12, 2001, just one day after the United States watched its skyline burn and its...
U.S.

When Idiots Play Spy: How Political Stupidity is Wrecking National Security

Nothing makes a politician madder than a complex reality they don’t understand. It’s like watching a dog...
Europe

Ukraine’s Fight, America’s Fumble: Did Oversight Fail in the Rush to Aid?

Imagine this: A war breaks out. Democracy itself is under siege, and the world rallies to defend...
U.S.

The GOP’s Decline, One Snub at a Time.

In the long history of human gestures, the handshake stands as one of the simplest and most...
U.S.

Land of the Free* (*Some Restrictions Apply at the Border)

Ah, the famed American Constitution. A document so revered it’s practically a religious artifact. Brits like me...
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Can Kash Patel Remake the FBI in Trump’s Image? Lessons from Russia’s FSB

Kash Patel as the FBI director feels like the setup to a political satire: a Trump loyalist...

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