I was a technical climber as a young man and just watched the amazing Alex Honnold free solo the Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan. Individual achievement is the bedrock of pushing the envelope in human creativity and innovation. I think free solo is eventually going to kill...
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Libertarianism and ICE
Editor's note: The quote from Sheldon Richman has been updated to better reflect his views. On January 7, Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an employee of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during deportation operations in Minneapolis,...
When Dollars Become Weapons: How mBridge Became the Alternative to American Financial Power
The next time you wire money internationally, consider this: someone in Washington or Brussels can decide you don't get to complete that transaction. Not because you broke any law. Not because a court found you guilty of anything. But because a U.S. Treasury...
Orban Accuses Ukraine of Meddling in Hungary’s Election
Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán Viktor lashed out at Ukraine, accusing Kiev of election meddling. He added that Budapest will attempt to keep Kiev from joining the European Union (EU). “The Ukrainians have gone on the offensive. They’re issuing threats and openly...
Three Journalists Killed in Israeli Airstrike, Including CBS Cameraman
Three Palestinian journalists – including longtime CBS News freelance cameraman Abed Shaat – were killed on Wednesday, January 21, when an Israeli airstrike hit their vehicle in the Al-Zahra area southwest of Gaza City, according to Gaza’s civil defense agency. The...
Trump Weighing Options for Iran, Including Blockade and High-Level Strikes
President Donald Trump is considering a range of options to force regime change in Iran. According to Middle East Eye, Arab officials said that Washington is considering strikes against high-level targets in Tehran. A former US intelligence official familiar with the...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: ICE Using AI to ID Targets, Breaking Down Trump’s WEF Speech
Greenland on the table, NATO on edge, and an algorithm deciding who gets a knock at the door. We dive into President Trump’s Davos remarks claiming the U.S. will pursue Greenland, then trace the fallout across European capitals as Denmark draws a hard line on...
Parallax Views Podcast: The Government Murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti
J. G. Michael invited me on his podcast to talk about the U.S. immigration agents' recent murders of two American citizens in Minneapolis.
They Warned Us
It’s hard to enjoy the writings of Franz Kafka, though in some of his story telling we find a reflection of the contemporary or perhaps a dirty glass panel into the past. In his book, The Trial, we experience a bureaucracy of inhumanity through the eyes of an unnamed...
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