Thursday, February 12, 2026

P. G. T. Beauregard

A white Confederate general can learn from experience that it does society better to recognize the equality of minority races.

Trump and his key enablers

Is the Trump nightmare finally ending?

Forget the badgering of hack politicians. Consumer boycotts & eco-smart investing deliver more clout.

Imagine the convergence when boycotts and selective stock investments boost targeted street actions

Feminism Unheeded

The debate within feminism over trans, "transgenderism" and transsexualism—varying in terms—goes back to the 1970s and continues today. Is there an endemic of sexual violence in the contemporary U.S.?

Reconsidering criminal punishment

We know that the prison system is expensive to maintain and not particularly effective. So what are other solutions to crime?

Garland Nixon interview: An objective look at US foreign policy

We focus here on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time, specifically addressing the role of the U.S. in the tensions and its capacity to reduce them. 

Forests thrive when Indigenous people have legal stewardship of their land

The fate of intact forests is closely linked to that of Indigenous peoples.

What a wonderful world

A system produces leaders who reflect the dominant values of its components.

Putin and Trump have convinced me I was wrong about the 21st century

In the twenty-first century, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump’s election in 2016 have shown me several things are false.

China will decide the outcome of Russia v. the West

Is Putin the face of the future or the final gasp of the past?