American elites wag the dogs of war as the post-democratic theatre burns. Liz Truss in Moscow: the disgrace of the British State. Journalists behaving like spin doctors and government propagandists again. Isabella of Castile and the Spanish Empire. The strangeness of the children of Ash and Elm. The uncontrollability of the world, and the true words of John Donne on public health rulez, OK?
Things are very serious here in Australia. There is a mental health crisis. We have endured a state of emergency since March 2020. Normal rules of government decision making have not applied. We have pursued a medical utopia of COVID Zero at stunning cost. It is really something that should never happen again, and hopefully, at the right time in the right way by the right people, will be deeply investigated and reflected on.
Is Eurasia rising after the fall of Kabul? The latest episode of The Burning Archive Podcast…
I am reposting this post from maybe May or June. In Melbourne now all the weeks…
And again, now in September, I repost this act of refusal to submit to despair. *****…
In 1700 Charles II, King of Spain and Emperor presiding over a vast global empire, died…
The latest episode of The Burning Archive Podcast is out and available on all the usual platforms, including Apple and Spotify….
I have released a special episode of The Burning Archive podcast on the situation in Afghanistan….
This year, 2021, may be remembered as a pivot year in world history. Not because of…
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.