Kavanaugh, and men like him, must be stopped
Men go on a date hoping to get laid, women go on a date hoping to not get killed. To some, that sentiment may seem excessive or exaggerated. And maybe…
Did the US Open treat Serena Williams fairly?
Since the conclusion of the US Open last Saturday, it’s been difficult to avoid the news surrounding Serena Williams and her apparent meltdown during her loss to Naomi Osaka. From…
Safe injection sites are short sighted and racially charged
In light of America’s current opioid epidemic, the US government has fallen under immense pressure to come up with a solution. With more than two million Americans suffering from addiction…
Mexico’s president is a ruthlessly pragmatic Messiah
On July 1 2018, Mexico’s streets witnessed a large wave of jubilation as Andrés Manuel López Obrador (commonly referred to as AMLO), became the first president-elect in thirty years to…
3D guns aren’t bulletproof yet and nor is gun law
After I first read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, I first played Deus Ex, and the first time I watched Robocop (the original one, obviously), I wondered just how…
Money maketh man: the cash dictating Trumps policies
With the press recoiling from, and rightly hammering, Trump’s most recent shambles in Helsinki, the rest of us are just confused. The sit-com, that is contemporary US politics, is as…
Why won’t Trump stand up for the West?
‘They say they think it’s Russia, I have President Putin, he just said it’s not Russia’. That was Donald Trump, the leader of the free world, standing next to Vladimir…
Protesting Trump’s state-visit is expensive and ignorant
The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, has arrived for his ceremonious ‘state visit’ to the UK. An event so highly anticipated, it is being met with its…
Trump and his associates don’t deserve civility
This coming Thursday, President Trump will be making his first official state visit to the UK. A series of demonstrations and protests are scheduled to take place during his four-day…
There is no line between corporate and government power
Bechtel, a corporate dynasty that recently celebrated its 120th anniversary, has delivered some of the worlds most renowned and celebrated construction projects. Bechtel’s reach spans all five continents, including ninety-five…
Trump be warned: tariff hikes are a historically bad idea
This week Donald Trump criticised well-known US motorcycle firm Harley-Davidson over its proposed plans to shift production away from the US. Such a move was proposed to avoid the recent…
We can lose everything else, but we can’t lose hope
This month has been particularly tough for those of us who want to believe the world isn’t going to shit. With the seemingly never-ending series of hopeless Brexit negotiations taking…
Ignore the nationalists at your own peril
It reads like something out of a 19th century European history book. Steve Bannon, former Breitbart editor, Trump strategist and leading light of the American alt-right, recently hosted a Congress…
Trump’s immigration U-turn highlights his hypocrisy
Donald Trump, a man who really likes to say he got the job done, has seemingly taken a U-turn in immigration policy this week. Congratulations are in order for the…
Trump’s progress with North Korea ought to be welcomed
Few can deny that negotiation is better than nuclear war, that friendly words are better than harsh ones, and that commitments to denuclearisation, whether holding water or not, cultivate a…
Realpolitik: Iran, Iraq, and the Petrodollar
Following the announcement of US ‘snap-back sanctions’ on Iran, the European Union quickly pledged to mitigate the economic shortfall from frozen deals with Boeing, Airbus, Total and the like. Part…
Hats off to Melania Trump for her efforts to tackle cyberbullying
With controversy following Donald Trump around like a bad smell, it is no surprise that much of the political media currently focuses on him. However, while his provocative behaviour is…
Let’s hope Kanye’s attention seeking is (eventually) a good thing
In a now infamous TMZ interview, Kanye West shocked his fans by arguing that ‘slavery was a choice’. Following multiple pro-Trump tweets by the rapper, it seems like he has…
Yeezus or Judas? Liberal elite wants Kanye to repent for his tweets
Kanye West is a maverick in an otherwise monolithic world of pop stars. He has courted controversy his entire life within the public sphere, and where others have an entire…
US withdrawal on Iranian sanction program fosters international instability
In January 2018, Trump reluctantly signed the waivers which maintained the suspension of sanctions on Iran. This signature has not allowed for much time to relax as the waiver has…
Why Kim Jong Un won’t give up The Bomb
The world sure does turn quickly. One minute people are digging up Cold War-era bomb shelters in anticipation of WW3, the next Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, and his South…
Shoot first think later: The Trump administration
There’s a fascinating passage in Martin Wolff’s Fire and Fury that details the steps Trump’s aides had to go to in order to convince the President to give approval for…
Zuckerberg’s interrogation was too bad to be true
I sent an email yesterday to James Patterson (best selling crime and thriller writer) with a great new idea for a novel that I think he could work wonders with….
Will FBI raids be the end of Trump or the end of privacy?
After months of controversy and public upheaval, it’s no surprise that Donald Trump’s presidency is under scrutiny once again. But do the recent FBI raids of Michael D. Cohen’s office…
There’s nowhere to hide from Cambridge Analytica, nowhere at all
It’s been a tough few years for globalists. At an exponential rate, all that they heralded as vessels to bring us closer together – free trade, open borders, the future…
Sex and the City for president
As Carrie Bradshaw once said, ‘The universe may not always play fair, but at least it’s got a hell of a sense of humour.’ On this week’s episode of ‘Keeping…
Parkland: No longer ignoring the price of easy gun access
When my phone buzzed with an alert about the shooting in Parkland, I wasn’t shocked. I was heartbroken and angry, but not shocked. Appalling mass shootings in the US don’t…
Don’t forget about men like Roy Moore
The whirlwind of the patriarchy moves at such a dizzying pace these days that its hard to find time to be upset about something before some new famous man you…
LIVE: The Trump Show is a farce not a tragedy
The anti-Trump church has a large congregation these days. The mainstream media, having recently moved on from denial, is now at the second stage of grief, anger. I do not…