How we are seeing history repeat itself in the pretext to war — History does have a way of repeating itself. Usually the reason things begin to repeat more often than a Umair Haque article is because we fail to learn from them (I wouldn’t link if I didn’t love his stuff). Conflict is one of the unfortunate parts of being human. …

Why there is likely to be a famine in 2023 — In order to live life well, you need to be able to compare how big things are to other things, how long things last, and how bad or good things can get. The only way to know about the things to come, is to better understand the things that have…

Could the U. S. fight a two-front war? — The point of this article isn’t to describe who is right or wrong, it’s to chronicle the different perspectives of the conflict, and signpost likely actions and outcomes. Since my last article on this topic, several momentous events have occurred. The Coming War Between China And The U.S. And Why it Will Happen How China is terraforming its way to war in South East Asiablog.startupstash.com

Congress test-drives American Authoritarianism — “Truth isn’t mandated, we arrive at it through debate and discussion.” — Matt Taibbi In case you missed it, late last week, Congressional representatives attacked free speech. …

The Economic Effects of Being In Negative Carry Territory — I’ve talked about it before. With rising interest rates we will start seeing failures in the financial system, because undoubtedly, someone will be overleveraged. Turns out it’s quite a few somebodies. However, today something else began to emerge as well. …

Freelance journalism in a post-truth world — The state of media We live in interesting times. A post-truth world where the majority of people find safety with the numbers of others who agree with them. This safety comes in the form of political extremes both right and left, where the players lob hyperbolic labels at each other like grenades. …

The end of the Western international order — It was supposed to be the mother of all sanctions! The West planned to create crippling, stone-age style economic damage to Russia without ever firing a bullet. This was the penalty for breaking the rules. These were the thoughts of Western allies when Russia stood firmly behind its invasion of…

How The UK Will Ensure it’s a Middle Power With The 2023 Budget — At the dawn of the 1900’s the UK was at the height of it’s power. After WWII, it was clear that the world was done with ‘empire’, and empire still does not play well on the world stage to this day. Though some are trying to bring it back. By…

How the U.S. ensured its hegemony for the long term — This is an interesting one, and depending on which interviews and even narratives that you listen to, right now the U.S. seems to be acting like a little kid saying “I know you are, but what am I”. The explosion of the Nord Stream pipelines can’t be attributed to some…