Politics

Five Levels of Ruin — And Where Our Civilization Ranks — One of the things that I find interesting these days, in a kind of sardonic way, is this. “Doom” has gone mainstream. You can read articles about it in the august pages of the New York Times. And those articles always have the same slant: “We’re not doomed!! Stop being…

The publication will not be publishing new work or accepting new writers — The Sad Announcement It is with profound sadness that I have decided to make Politically Speaking inactive. This simply means that the publication will no longer be publishing new articles nor will it be accepting new writers. Any articles that have been published here will remain part of the publication. …

If You Don’t Think the Future of Human Civilization Is at Risk, Think Again — It was just yesterday that I wrote about whether or not we’re “doomed.” As if right on cue, today, the UN released its “final warning” on climate change. And if you think I’m a “doomer,” well, it turns out I’ve got nothing on…the world’s best scientists, who wrote much of…

The thermite or white phosphorus munitions that Russia is now using can burn people to the bone, smolder inside the body, and reignite when bandages are removed. The above video shows showering explosions of fiery white plumes falling on buildings and vehicles, igniting fires wherever they land. The munitions shown…

She just isn’t an effective communicator. — I suppose there’s no denying that Kamala Harris definitely had a shining moment or two during her Presidential campaign. Obviously for those of us who follow politics it’s impossible to forget when she told Joe Biden how she was directly impacted by bussing, with the infamous “that little girl was…

Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had left him. Judges 16:20 A “Facebook Friend” recently accused me of being “woke,” whatever that means…

3/22/2023 Along with the heightened sensitivity about the health of the banking sector, business media have reflected a heretofore under-appreciated recognition of the importance of interest rate risk management in banking. Recent reporting and editorializing leaves the impression, however, that we wouldn’t be facing this onslaught of failures and rescues…