Since Donald Trump’s rise within Republican ranks, conservatives have divided into two competing foreign policy camps. One contends that Trump’s approach suits the world in which we live and supersedes previous GOP national security and foreign affairs outlooks. A smaller contingent contends that Ronald Reagan’s understanding of America and his conduct of diplomacy remain the […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/Trump_Meets_Reagan.jpg533800Peter Berkowitzhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngPeter Berkowitz2024-03-29 00:30:442024-03-28 08:15:29Trump-Reagan Fusion Can Win the New Cold War
Not so long ago, commentators across the political spectrum were warning us that China’s economy was set to surpass America’s. The United States needed, one Senator claimed, “a 21st -century pro-American industrial policy,” to ward off this existential threat. Such rhetoric was reminiscent of the late-1980s, when a slew of books appeared to warn Americans that, unless […]
Blood Money: Why The Powerful Turn A Blind Eye While China Kills Americans Author: Peter Schweizer, published by Harper Collins. Reading Peter Schweizer’s new book is a disturbing revelation. It is a very important book, perhaps the most important book for a Conservative American to read right now. However, it is not a pleasant book […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/25255912369_7e3183ae02_k.jpg13652048Neland Nobelhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-03-27 00:30:312024-03-28 08:04:30The Important Work Of Peter Schweizer
Senator Schumer’s speech during which he called for “regime change” in the government of a democratic ally on the floor of the Senate was unprecedented in American history. Let that sink in. It reflects a new level of anti-democratic big power arrogance designed to achieve for Hamas and the Jihadists the victory they cannot achieve […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/schumar_borderwall.jpg10801920Marvin A. Treigerhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMarvin A. Treiger2024-03-25 00:32:582024-03-23 07:00:17The Bigger Meaning of Schumer’s Speech in a Nutshell
Editors’ Note: We suggest also reading Part 1 of A Tale of Two Lies – Jewish Settler Colonialism published two weeks ago in The Prickly Pear. The author’s accurate history of the state of Israel and the well documented distortions presented to the world since 1948 are particularly relevant to the existential threat Israel is […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/istockphoto-1217629494-170667a.jpg348494Marvin A. Treigerhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMarvin A. Treiger2024-03-23 00:30:182024-03-22 06:24:22Weekend Read: A Tale of Two Lies – Part II: The Two-State Solution
In the 1990s and for years into our century, it was common to ridicule the government for being technologically backwards. We were all gaining access to fabulous things, including webs, apps, search tools, and social media. But governments at all levels were stuck in the past using IBM mainframes and large floppy disks. We had […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1169427542.jpg55048256Jeffrey Tuckerhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJeffrey Tucker2024-03-23 00:28:382024-03-21 20:39:08How Did American Capitalism Mutate Into American Corporatism?
In “Time for Two States,” Rachel Lu observes that after the shocking events of October 7, “the sequence of events was somewhat predictable. Israel retaliated. It was clear they would win.” Well, maybe not win, exactly. But definitely, “Israel’s war with Hamas is reaching its final stages.” If only it were. According to the Wall […]
The 20th century and early 21st century are remarkable for the large number of terrorist organizations arising during these years. They include not only those most recently in the news — Hamas and Hezbollah — but also the Baader-Meinhof Gang (Germany), the Japanese Red Army, the Weathermen (U.S.), the Red Brigades (Italy), Black September (Arab), Timothy McVeigh and others. What they all have in common is a willingness to extinguish human life to achieve some purported political objective. Typically, terrorists don’t much care if they happen to kill babies and toddlers. For example, Timothy McVeigh described the death of infants and children in a child care center in the Oklahoma City federal building that he destroyed as “collateral damage.”
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_2371901349-scaled.jpg17072560Mark Wallacehttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMark Wallace2024-03-20 00:30:422024-03-20 13:17:00Hamas’s New Friend in the White House
Last month, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg conceded what former US President Donald Trump has been warning about for nearly a decade: America’s allies are not paying their fair share — as they had agreed — for national defense. After four years in which Trump held our NATO allies accountable for funding their share of NATO’s […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1925099762-scaled.jpg17072560Peter Hoekstrahttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngPeter Hoekstra2024-03-19 00:28:532024-03-17 06:04:56NATO’s ‘Welfare’ States: Treating the U.S. As ‘Room Service’
Any phenomenon manifesting in a large, complex, multipart institution whose dynamics are downwind of society at large is bound to have not just one cause, but many. Current institutional case in point: the U.S. Armed Forces and the military recruitment crisis. For the two-plus years that the military’s branches (outside of the U.S. Marines) have faced […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/drill.jpg427640Rebecca Burgesshttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngRebecca Burgess2024-03-18 00:28:302024-03-16 06:48:00Military Recruitment Crisis: What If It *Is* The Product?
Trump-Reagan Fusion Can Win the New Cold War
/in Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Peter BerkowitzSince Donald Trump’s rise within Republican ranks, conservatives have divided into two competing foreign policy camps. One contends that Trump’s approach suits the world in which we live and supersedes previous GOP national security and foreign affairs outlooks. A smaller contingent contends that Ronald Reagan’s understanding of America and his conduct of diplomacy remain the […]
China’s Economic Facade is Cracking
/in Economy, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, National Security, Politics/by Samuel GreggNot so long ago, commentators across the political spectrum were warning us that China’s economy was set to surpass America’s. The United States needed, one Senator claimed, “a 21st -century pro-American industrial policy,” to ward off this existential threat. Such rhetoric was reminiscent of the late-1980s, when a slew of books appeared to warn Americans that, unless […]
The Important Work Of Peter Schweizer
/in Culture War, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Neland NobelBlood Money: Why The Powerful Turn A Blind Eye While China Kills Americans Author: Peter Schweizer, published by Harper Collins. Reading Peter Schweizer’s new book is a disturbing revelation. It is a very important book, perhaps the most important book for a Conservative American to read right now. However, it is not a pleasant book […]
The Bigger Meaning of Schumer’s Speech in a Nutshell
/in 2024 Election, Election Integrity, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Marvin A. TreigerSenator Schumer’s speech during which he called for “regime change” in the government of a democratic ally on the floor of the Senate was unprecedented in American history. Let that sink in. It reflects a new level of anti-democratic big power arrogance designed to achieve for Hamas and the Jihadists the victory they cannot achieve […]
Weekend Read: A Tale of Two Lies – Part II: The Two-State Solution
/in Culture War, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Marvin A. TreigerEditors’ Note: We suggest also reading Part 1 of A Tale of Two Lies – Jewish Settler Colonialism published two weeks ago in The Prickly Pear. The author’s accurate history of the state of Israel and the well documented distortions presented to the world since 1948 are particularly relevant to the existential threat Israel is […]
How Did American Capitalism Mutate Into American Corporatism?
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Jeffrey TuckerIn the 1990s and for years into our century, it was common to ridicule the government for being technologically backwards. We were all gaining access to fabulous things, including webs, apps, search tools, and social media. But governments at all levels were stuck in the past using IBM mainframes and large floppy disks. We had […]
Noble Dreaming
/in Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Juliana Geran PilonIn “Time for Two States,” Rachel Lu observes that after the shocking events of October 7, “the sequence of events was somewhat predictable. Israel retaliated. It was clear they would win.” Well, maybe not win, exactly. But definitely, “Israel’s war with Hamas is reaching its final stages.” If only it were. According to the Wall […]
Hamas’s New Friend in the White House
/in Culture War, Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Mark WallaceThe 20th century and early 21st century are remarkable for the large number of terrorist organizations arising during these years. They include not only those most recently in the news — Hamas and Hezbollah — but also the Baader-Meinhof Gang (Germany), the Japanese Red Army, the Weathermen (U.S.), the Red Brigades (Italy), Black September (Arab), Timothy McVeigh and others. What they all have in common is a willingness to extinguish human life to achieve some purported political objective. Typically, terrorists don’t much care if they happen to kill babies and toddlers. For example, Timothy McVeigh described the death of infants and children in a child care center in the Oklahoma City federal building that he destroyed as “collateral damage.”
NATO’s ‘Welfare’ States: Treating the U.S. As ‘Room Service’
/in Featured, Foreign Policy, Latest News, National Debt, National Security, Politics/by Peter HoekstraLast month, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg conceded what former US President Donald Trump has been warning about for nearly a decade: America’s allies are not paying their fair share — as they had agreed — for national defense. After four years in which Trump held our NATO allies accountable for funding their share of NATO’s […]
Military Recruitment Crisis: What If It *Is* The Product?
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, National Security, Politics/by Rebecca BurgessAny phenomenon manifesting in a large, complex, multipart institution whose dynamics are downwind of society at large is bound to have not just one cause, but many. Current institutional case in point: the U.S. Armed Forces and the military recruitment crisis. For the two-plus years that the military’s branches (outside of the U.S. Marines) have faced […]