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The Revolt of the Pawns

In early 1980, as the diplomatic fallout from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan began to play itself out on the grand chessboard, then-US President Jimmy Carter sent his National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, to Pakistan to rally the mujahideen fighters...

The Internet Is Dead. Long Live the Internet.

Have you heard the latest? Canadians are losing their access to online news thanks to a new bill that would make tech companies liable for so much as linking to news stories. French President Macron is mulling a social media shutdown in the name of quelling France's...

France Pretends NATO is About the North Atlantic

Someone must have bought Emmanuel Macron a map. How else to explain his amazing geographical discovery that Japan is not, in fact, located in the North Atlantic? For those not keeping up with the wild, wooly world of geopolitricks, this latest round of cartographic...

Carbon Pawprints and the Rationing of Life

As I mentioned last week, I spent some of my time in the UK last month dipping into the local dinosaur media to see what kind of indoctrination the British are being subjected to these days. Who knows? Maybe I'd even be pleasantly surprised by some thought-provoking...

Tales From the (Jet-lagged) Underground

Hey, everybody! Remember me? Yes, it's been a while, hasn't it? For those who don't know, I've been in the UK the past couple of weeks and I just returned a few days ago. I'm over the jet lag now (thanks for asking!) and thought I'd ease back in to the weekly...