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What Happened in Tiananmen Square? – Questions For Corbett
Did the US Marine Corps pull a dirty trick on Smedley Butler? Why did the Rockefellers donate so much land and money to the national parks service? And what really happened at Tiananmen Sqaure, anyway?
Why I Talk About Agorism
Would you like to know more about agorism, voluntaryism, and the praxis of anarchy? Then this is the editorial for you. Read on!
Interview 1982 – Gates’ Fake Meat Agenda Flops! (NWNW #607)
This week on the New World Next Week: the great French jewel heist means more security for everyone; China accuses the US of cyberattacking time; and Beyond Meat tanks as people purge the fake meat agenda.
Episode 484 – The Nobel War Prize Strikes Again
And the Nobel Peace Prize goes to . . . María Corina Machado? Wait, what’s going on here? Why does it seem like, far from celebrating a champion of peace, the Nobel Committee is in fact paving a path to war? Let’s find out!
Self-Publishing – #SolutionsWatch
This week on #SolutionsWatch, James is joined by Tom-Oliver Regenauer, a self-taught publisher whose German language self-published books now regularly outsell major publishing houses in Germany.
Interview 1981 – Clown World Gets Even Clownier (NWNW #606)
This week on the New World Next Week: the Ellisons are the newest media moguls; the Ryiadh Comedy Festival highlights court jester hypocrisy; and the IUCN votes to use synthetic biology in conservation.
NEWSLETTER
Japan is Committing Harakiri (But So Is Everybody Else)
I'm sure you've heard the news by now, but, in case not, let me give it to you straight: Japan is dying. Specifically, Japan's ongoing demographic collapse is not only continuing but accelerating. It's so bad that even the articles documenting this collapse tend to...
Look Out, Libtards! There’s A New Boss In Town! (Same As The Old Boss)
It's often said that we're playing checkers while the powers-that-shouldn't-be are playing chess. I disagree. I think the average delusional statist is reading comic books while the oligarchs who rule over them are writing scholarly treatises detailing their plans to...
The Trade Wars: You Are Not Prepared
We all know the ancient Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times! Oh, OK, it's not ancient and it's not Chinese, but it's a good curse, nonetheless. And it's hard to think of a more apt description of 2025 than "interesting." It seems like every day this year...
The Strange Story of Peter Thiel – Part Two: Buying Politicians is Easy
Last week, in "The Strange Story of Peter Thiel," I examined Thiel's history, from his upbringing in a globe-trotting family to his years at Stanford to the formation of the "Thielverse" to the creation of Palantir. As you'll recall from that exploration, by the time...
The Strange Story of Peter Thiel
What do you call someone who identifies as a "vegetarian" but who consistently chows down on veal, mutton and ribeye steaks? Whatever you call that person, it's not "vegetarian." And what do you call someone who identifies as a "libertarian" but who has spent his...
I, Sandwich
Have you ever asked someone to make you a sandwich? What?? You have??! You heartless monster! Do you have any idea how unbelievably difficult it is to make a sandwich? Do you have the slightest clue how much backbreaking labour goes into the construction of that...
October Open Thread
It's October again already, so you know what that means: James Evan Pilato is beginning his Shocktober streaming activities over in the Media Monarchy subscriber community! (And I'll be a special guest for a stream later this month, doing a watch-along of a Danny...
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