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Meet J. P. Morgan, Bankster-in-Chief
by Corbett | Jul 30, 2023 | Newsletter
If you had met him as a boy, you might not have expected John Pierpont Morgan to amount to much. He was a sickly child, for starters, constantly beset by rashes, headaches, rheumatism, scarlet fever and a panoply of other ailments. What's more, growing up in the...
The Revolt of the Pawns
by Corbett | Jul 23, 2023 | Newsletter
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...
Your Guide to the Grand Chessboard’s Pawns
by Corbett | Jul 17, 2023 | Newsletter
The observation that the great geopolitical struggle between nations is akin to a grand game of chess is hardly a novel one. After all, Khosrau II, the ancient Sasanian king, saw the connection over 1,400 years ago: "If a ruler does not understand chess, how can he...
The Internet Is Dead. Long Live the Internet.
by Corbett | Jul 10, 2023 | Newsletter
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
by Corbett | Jun 25, 2023 | Newsletter
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
by Corbett | Jun 19, 2023 | Newsletter
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
by Corbett | Jun 12, 2023 | Newsletter
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...