With people jumping into the Canal Saint–Martin in 100°–plus temperatures in Paris, it’s a good time to recall Paul Valéry and his regrets at the mental and spiritual consequences of Europe’s Great War on itself.
Andrew P. Napolitano on the form of government U.S. citizens will be celebrating next month, on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
The “end of history,” as Fukuyama should have foreseen, could lead to only one destination: enslavement. Only the colonial arrogance of the West could imagine that others would submit to such a fate.
No other military power is segmented into areas of responsibility spanning every continent on earth. This is because normal military forces defend their own territory, whereas the U.S. military is used to dominate the entire planet.
Instead of being boycotted, Israel, in the midst of genocide, sold more weapons to Arabs in 2025 than to the U.S. Europe was the biggest purchaser, per Israel’s MoD, and India bought more Israeli arms than any single nation.
A bill’s provision to integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries will go to a U.S. House vote after an effort to stop it failed Thursday. Passage will make it nearly impossible to end the U.S.-Israel special relationship, writes Alan MacLeod.
WATCH: Cooperation is more important than competition in human survival, argued Peter Kropotkin. After competition brought two world wars, mutual aid twice sought to rescue humanity. Will there be a third chance?
Matt Kennard shows in his new book that the bipartisan War on Terror laid the groundwork for the Trump presidency and the rise of fascism — now, with extremists empowered, we face the consequences.
In a second open letter in Berliner Zeitung, the author tells the German chancellor that diplomacy with Russia is urgent to avoid a wider war in Europe.
TRANSCRIPT ADDED: In an interview in Berlin, German journalist Patrik Babb explains the rise of the new German militarism and why Germany is so obedient to the U.S.