At times, Ukraine has been unwilling to negotiate an end to the ongoing war with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has gone so far as to issue a decree banning negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. At other times, Russia has given up on...
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NATO Tests AI Submarine Drones During War Games
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 2, 2023 | News
During war games off the coast of Portugal, the North Atlantic alliance tested a new underwater drone that utilizes artificial intelligence. NATO says the new technology is a message to Russia. Last week, NATO concluded 12 days of military drills testing the...

Losing a Plane? Try Losing a Nuke
by Kym Robinson | Oct 2, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Recently, the U.S. Marine Corps lost (and later found) an F-35 aircraft. The circumstances are mostly undisclosed or rumor based, though that is to be expected in regards to such a sensitive matter. While it has become a comical example of incompetence, it’s not the...

The UAW Can’t Solve Autoworkers’ Very Real Problems
by Connor O'Keeffe | Sep 29, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles
On Friday, September 15, 12,700 members of the United Auto Workers union (UAW) walked off the job at plants owned by the “Big Three” automakers—Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (which owns Chrysler, Jeep, and Ram). The walkout marked the beginning of a series...
Moscow Announces Massive Military Spending Increase to Combat NATO’s ‘Hybrid War’ in Ukraine
by Connor Freeman | Sep 28, 2023 | News
Moscow announced that it plans to increase military spending by nearly 70% in 2024 as it fights against what the Kremlin has dubbed NATO’s “hybrid war.” Russia’s defense budget next year, which is dwarfed by the Pentagon budget, will still be less than the total...
It’s the Inflation, Stupid!
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Sep 28, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles
At the beginning of last year, economist Paul Krugman wondered aloud whether Americans would even notice if the economy improved. In his considered opinion, it was already obvious that the economy was humming along merrily and that ordinary shmucks just didn’t get it....
North Korea Warns US Has World on Brink of Nuclear War
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 27, 2023 | News
The North Korean Ambassador to the UN warned that tensions with the US have escalated so far that there is a realistic potential for a nuclear conflict. The head of the UN, Antonio Guterres, expressed concern that nuclear tension between several states risks a...
A Rough Diplomatic Week for Ukraine
by Ted Snider | Sep 27, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In the early weeks of the war, a peace was still possible that would have seen Ukraine lose few lives and little to no land. Even the Donbas would have remained in Ukraine with autonomy under a still possible Minsk agreement. Only Crimea would have remained lost. A...
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Carrier Follies Continue Apace
The military press seems to be coming around to the conclusion that has been floated here at the Institute for quite some time. The aircraft carrier has seen its time and it is time to retire the tired and anachronistic technology. Poor concepts, design and planning;...
Child Effigies
There was a time when Rebecca Black and her song, ‘Friday’ was a meme. It was popular for millions of people to tease, torment, stalk and threaten the life of a thirteen year old girl because of a music video, the digital mob was hungry for another child effigy to...
The Abduction of Mahmoud Khalil
The Trump administration's abduction and threatened deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a 30-year-old green-card holder and permanent legal resident of the United States, is horrifying not just for him and his pregnant wife, a U.S. citizen, but as a sign of things to come....
Roast in Hell Karl Marx
On this day when Karl Marx became a good communist.
Parenting w/Kyle Matovcik
Kyle joined me to discuss what to expect when becoming a parent. Alp
Chinese Chess Moves: A Tectonic Shift in Exquisite Platforms
If the Saab 37 Viggen and the F16 had a love child, it is the Chinese J-10C. The realignment begins, you are witnessing a tectonic shift away from US influence in all the conflict hot-spots on Earth. Meanwhile, the J-10C is equipped to fight against modern threats in...
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