Commentary
Douce France
by Jimmie Moglia “Douce France, cher pays de mon enfance” – so goes the song [Sweet France, dear country of my infancy]. I did not grow up in France, but at times I feel as […]
Articles by TFD
Government
PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW DECLARES: “I’M A NATIONALIST… *AND* A GLOBALIST”
MELISSA DYKES Looks like someone came out of the closet… In his latest Wall Street Journal interview, president Trump has declared that he isn’t just a nationalist… He’s also a globalist. Apparently he now admits […]
Military
Trump Warns There Is A Chance Of “A Major, Major Conflict” With North Korea
by Tyler Durden While emoting sympathy for Kim Jong Un’s situation, President Trump told Reuters, during a lengthy interview ahead of his 100th day in office, that he’d “love to solve things diplomatically,” but warned […]
World Affairs
End of Empire
ALASDAIR MACLEOD In last week’s Insight article, America’s Financial War Strategy, I described how the Chinese government viewed the geopolitical scene. It is clear from earlier remarks by the Peoples Liberation Army’s senior strategist, Major-General […]
Freedom
Russia On The Long And Difficult Path To True Civilizational Identity
This article was written for the Unz Review: http://www.unz.com/tsaker/russia-on-the-long-and-difficult-path-to-true-civilizational-identity/ By now you must have heard it – Putin is “persecuting the Jeohvah’s Witnesses” in Russia. Alas, this one is true. Well, this is maybe not […]
Military
‘Mad Dog’ Mattis Going Rabid, and So Is US Foreign Policy
By Eric Zuesse On Monday, April 25th, the AP headlined, “US general in Afghanistan suggests Russia arming the Taliban” and reported that U.S. Pentagon chief James “Mad Dog” Mattis was accusing Russia of violating the sovereignty of […]
Military
At The Threshold Of War: “The Choice Is Not Up To Us Anymore… It Is Being Decided Upon At This Very Moment”
Jeremiah Johnson As reported Monday, April 25 on almost all mainstream and alternate news sites, Britain’s Defense Minister Michael Fallon has openly declared that his country will carry out a preemptive nuclear strike even if […]
Military
Massive Explosion Reported Near Damascus International Airport Following Israeli Airstrikes
by Tyler Durden Israeli strikes have hit an arms depot operated by the Lebanese Hezbollah group near Damascus airport, Syrian opposition sources told Al Jazeera. Witnesses said a total of five strikes occurred near the […]
Financial
Have We Just Reached Peak Stock Market Absurdity?
By Michael Snyder Have you ever wondered how tech companies that have been losing hundreds of millions of dollars year after year can somehow be worth billions of dollars according to the stock market? Because […]
Freedom
The Great Divides
EdgarDegas A la mer 1863 Something hit me this week. The maps which came out on Monday and detailed the outcome of the French elections, were telling a story, and a familiar one by […]