Author: Anne Brown

Every time dozens of mainland fighter jets scream into Taiwan’s air defense zone, Taipei scrambles its own aircraft. And every time, the world holds its breath, hoping a misunderstood signal doesn’t become a funeral pyre. The BBC frames it as a question of intentions: Is Beijing building toward invasion? Are the patriotic movies softening public opinion? Did Xi really promise Biden he wouldn’t do it? These are the wrong questions. The only question that matters—the one whispered in Situation Rooms and buried in presidential briefings—is this: Would the United States go to war with a nuclear-armed China over Taiwan? Not economic…

Patrick Armstrong’s September 2021 sitrep captures a Russia that is stable, unbothered by Western narratives, and quietly going about its business while the West churns through one self-inflicted crisis after another. The Duma election first. Official results: the pedestal party keeps its strong majority but loses a bit. The communists gain a bit. A new party called New People makes it into the Duma, a fresh bubble in the stagnant swamp of Russian politics. The communists ran on two main themes: ordinary people are doing poorly, and Moscow isn’t tough enough on the world stage. Putin’s response was immediate: he…

Patrick Armstrong’s September 2021 sitrep captures a Russia that is stable, unbothered by Western narratives, and quietly going about its business while the West churns through one self-inflicted crisis after another. The Duma election first. Official results: the pedestal party keeps its strong majority but loses a bit. The communists gain a bit. A new party called New People makes it into the Duma, a fresh bubble in the stagnant swamp of Russian politics. The communists ran on two main themes: ordinary people are doing poorly, and Moscow isn’t tough enough on the world stage. Putin’s response was immediate: he…

Patrick Armstrong’s September 2021 sitrep reads differently now than it did then. Written months before the tanks rolled, it captures a Russia that the Western media refuses to see—a country that is not decaying, not isolated, not on the verge of collapse, but quietly building, training, and preparing while the West obsesses over narratives. The exercises first. Zapad 2021, the annual strategic drill working its way around Russia’s compass points. Two hundred thousand troops, by the Russian count, though alarmists like Anne Applebaum inflated the numbers as they always do. The highlights were genuine military achievements: a night drop of…

1949. Two blocks from our house, I could catch the J car and ride it all the way downtown. Yellow cars. Red cars. Wiki, wiki, wiki through a city that worked. My father was stationed at the federal building in those years, and we lived in an Okie immigrant community just south of LA proper. I was a boy with a bicycle and a three-mile ride to school every morning, past streets that were clean and safe, through neighborhoods that didn’t lock their doors. Compton. Lynwood. South Gate. Say those names now and watch people flinch. But then? They were…

My wife and I rolled up our sleeves in April. Moderna, both of us. I’m eighty-one, she’s seventy-nine. We did what we were told, what the experts recommended, what seemed like the only sensible choice at the time. Protect ourselves. Protect each other. Do our part. We have been sick ever since. She’s had it easier than me. I ended up in the ICU on June second with a cerebral hemorrhage. They drilled into my skull, drained the blood, kept me for five days while machines beeped and nurses came and went with that particular expression they wear when they’re…

The tragic loss of 13 American service members at Abbey Gate is not merely the result of chaos; it is the predictable outcome of a deliberate conspiracy. It is highly probable that the Taliban and the Haqqani network—the very entities currently tasked with providing security in Kabul—facilitated the movement of the attackers. This incident underscores a fundamental truth about the battlefield: the alliance between jihadi factions—whether Taliban, ISIS-K, or Al-Qaeda—is stronger than the West’s desire to believe otherwise. While they may compete for territory, they remain united in their ultimate objective: the defeat of the kuffar (non-believers) and the murtad (Afghan apostates who resist…

In the politically charged months of 2020, a striking form of public demonstration unfolded not on courthouse steps or in packed arenas, but across American waterways. Supporters of Donald Trump launched a series of boat parades that quickly became known as “Trumptillas,” drawing attention for their scale, spectacle, and symbolism. Weekend after weekend, flotillas gathered in coastal cities and inland lakes, transforming leisure craft into floating political billboards. Participants decorated their boats with a dense array of flags and banners. Alongside American flags were Gadsden “Don’t Tread on Me” standards, blunt political slogans, and stylized images portraying Trump as a…

Dr. Robert Malone, a physician and researcher known for his early work in RNA transfection technology, appeared on War Room, hosted by Steve Bannon, to discuss recent data related to COVID-19 vaccines and infection trends. During the interview, Malone expressed concerns about emerging reports suggesting that some vaccinated individuals may still contract and transmit the virus. Malone, who has been publicly critical of aspects of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, referenced data that he believes warrants closer scientific scrutiny. He argued that breakthrough infections—cases in which vaccinated individuals test positive for COVID-19—should be examined in greater detail to understand transmission dynamics…

Having stretched out rosy-rumped Doris across the bed in verdant flowers, I have now become immortal. For she, bestriding me midmost with her exquisite legs, achieved unswerving Cypris’ lengthy race. Her eyes gaze languidly, like leaves in the wind, while tossing all about, she trembled sanguine, until sacred wine poured out white strength from us both, and Doris languidly lay with relaxed limbs. This is a poem that would indeed cause a racket in certain quarters. Not because it is obscene—it is not. Not because it is exploitative—it is not that either. But because it refuses to submit to the…