Myth of the 20th Century

From the towering red cliffs to the scorching deserts of the American Southwest, people have always lived by the natural beauty of the landscape - and died by the scarcity of resources and the violence incumbent on the populations that have passed through. After the Pleistocene glaciation carved much of the dramatic rock faces and left verdant streams, agricultural civilizations rose and gave way...

Over the past 9 weeks, the conflict with Iran, Israel, and the United States has gone from intense aerial bombardment and missile strikes to a tense standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, with both sides blocking passage of the other’s ships and exchanging intercepts of the occasional oil or cargo vessel attempting to slip through the lines. While the ongoing economic havoc this has caused is clear,...

In the words of Alex Karp, long standing CEO of Palantir Technologies, “the atomic age is ending, and a new era of deterrence built on A.I. is set to begin.” Subject of a new biography ‘The Philosopher in the Valley’ and his own book ‘The Technological Republic’, Alex Karp lays out his vision of defending America with technological hard power, a recognition that our enemies are real and must be...

On Tuesday, April 7th, 2026, after over a month of air raids over Iran and retaliatory missile strikes on Israel and neighboring Gulf states, the United States and Iran announced a tentative cease fire to hostilities. News of this sent stocks markets surging the following day and oil futures plummeting, but unfortunately over the weekend negotiations broke down surrounding the terms of a peace...

As the ongoing Iran-Israel crisis continues into its third week of 2026, with tentative peace terms quickly being dashed by missile strikes from both sides and the US military floating the idea of sending ground forces into Iran, the price of Brent crude oil has nearly doubled and remained elevated as the Straights of Hormuz remain impeded, shutting off over 20% of the worlds petroleum supply....

I was at church the other day. For the past two years that hasn’t been unusual. But what struck me was how leaden the message from the pastor felt. As American and Israeli bombs rained down on Iranian targets - including their supreme leader and a now confirmed schoolhouse for girls - we in the church pews were told America is the richest country in the world, and how we were chosen to serve...

On February 28th, 2026, the US and Israel launched over 900 air strikes on Iranian air defense and missile sites, after weeks of military buildups in the region, and at the time of this publication has escalated to over 2,000 individual targets struck in the past few days within Iran. Among the casualties was Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and in retaliation Iran launched drone and...

It has now been over 80 years since the end of World War II, and at least 50 years since the concept of the Holocaust has entered the mainstream discourse. But Holocaust skepticism - let alone revisionism - is something that remains taboo, and in many European countries is actually illegal. Germar Rudolf, a native of Germany and trained chemist, was imprisoned there for his work on questioning...

Nature abhors a vacuum - as the saying goes - but in civilization, people abhor ineffective leadership. When the sovereign cedes its de facto authority when it fails to uphold its de jure responsibilities, rivals step in to fill the void. Historically, this took form in collapsing empires, rival nations, and feuding warlords. Today, we are seeing more decentralized power systems such as...

Prior to the 1980s and even into the 1990s, Canada represented one of the final frontiers in Western Civilization, relatively untouched by globalization owing to a harsh climate and rugged landscape, geographically isolating it from trade and migration outside of with the United States. But as China entered the World Trade Organization in 2000 and India began a concerted effort to integrate with...