Thus , in a few blitzkrieg weeks, after the Americans declared they would “draw down their civilian footprint” to meet a publicity deadline of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the Taliban have exposed American power and control in Afghanistan as a projection of illusion, a Potemkin Province of an anxious empire in decline.
Generals, Winston Churchill said, are always prepared to fight the last war. Their early experiences of…
The latest episode of The Burning Archive Podcast is out and available on all the usual platforms, including Apple and Spotify….
The latest episode of The Burning Archive Podcast is out and available on all the usual platforms, including Apple and Spotify….
The latest episode of The Burning Archive Podcast is out and available on all the usual…
I have posted episode 7 of The Burning Archive Podcast – the ordinary virtues of governing well….
“Persecution cannot prevent even public expression of the heterodox truth, for a man of independent thought…
Dear readers – you may now become dear listeners. Yes, I have started a podcast –…
The post-democratic society has arrived. We need to turn away from the old priests and performers who are muttering grand concepts of democracy as a prelude to another circus performance in the decaying coliseum. We need to find our own new way in the feral cities of our distressed republics.
Originally posted just over three years ago as a reflection on 2017, a difficult year, this…