…is a cultural proxy war against AI.
This is what will drive them into space.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
“Something About England”
Will it survive, or is it too far gone?
End Of An Era
The Conservative Woman is going to Substack.
Farewell thoughts from Kathy Gyngell.
Bari
…continues to make (good) waves at CBS News.
The Nature Of The Regime
I hope that Trump has finally figured out that the Islamic Republic of Iran is not an entity with which he can do a deal. If he can keep the strait open, and oil prices down, he won’t have to wait until after the election to get back to the business of ending it.
[Update a few minutes later]
Iran is already begging for a deal; don’t give them one.
Moloch Returns To The Middle East
A piece that I’d forgotten I’d written, over seventeen years ago, that is just as relevant today.
The Qualified
Why they don’t run for office.
— WG MORROW (@WGMorrow) July 9, 2026
How Iran “Won”
The Iranian tankers in China are full because IRAN has no place to put the oil. They were dumping it into the sea right before the ceasefire after they ran out of storage.
— Matt Forney (@mattforney) July 9, 2026
Prices were never better than they were during the ceasefire. The demand for Iranian oil is gone. It was… https://t.co/jRIklCxOfk pic.twitter.com/iwubxaXhtR
The Mullahs are screwed, but sadly, unless the Iranian people can finally overthrow them, they are as well.
On Platner
No, we didn’t all make mistakes. I sure as hell didn’t. I didn’t on Covid, either, or Biden’s obvious cognitive issues. That’s on them, and we should never trust them again, if we ever did.
[Update a few minutes later]
This is reaping the consequences of the politics of unquestioned assumptions.
I like the kicker: “If they were capable of learning lessons from failure, they wouldn’t be Democrats.”
The Value Of Civilization
Yes, space will be viewed as a waste of money until the looters understand its value, and will then try to take control.