Middle East Unsettled

An overview of major conflicts and military operations in the Middle East from 1920 to 2023, highlighting key events, wars, and geopolitical developments.

September 11, 2001 // 9-11

Going through the events on and what followed Sept 11, 2001. There is a lot that was obvious but after so much time the evidence and narratives have fallen apart.

God's Chosen People

My attempt to explain to anyone interested in the biblical references to Israel; what it is and what it means beyond what Zionist Christians believe.

The Diplomatic Price Tag on Your First Amendment Rights

The Constitution doesn’t include a footnote that reads: “Rights subject to approval by foreign dignitaries.” Yet somehow, we’ve arrived at a peculiar moment in American history where constitutional protections seem to come with diplomatic contingencies—where the freedom of an American

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Pattern of Post-Election Policy Pivots

When Campaign Rhetoric Meets Political Reality The initial weeks of the Trump administration’s second term offered a tantalizing glimpse of what appeared to be decisive action: DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) formation, peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, confirmations of

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The Convenient Enemy: Terrorism Designations Serve State Power

In the taxonomy of politically useful words, few have served power more faithfully than “terrorist.” It’s the linguistic equivalent of a skeleton key—unlocking military budgets, suspending civil liberties, and rendering constitutional constraints suddenly flexible. Most importantly, it transforms the labeled

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Dangerous Pedophilia Ideas Disguised as Academic Discourse

I recently came across a disturbing conversation from the “Unregistered with Thaddeus Russell” podcast (Episode 142) featuring Professor Stephen Kershnar. What masqueraded as academic discourse was actually something far more insidious – a systematic attempt to normalize and justify adult-child

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Jeremiah 31:35-36

Jeremiah 31:35-36 – Twenty-fourth book of The bible and part Hebrew bible “This is what the Lord says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up

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The Expensive Gift of Free Speech

The Declaration of Independence wasn’t written in invisible ink. The signatures at the bottom weren’t penciled in tentatively, with the option to erase. When fifty-six men scrawled their names on that parchment, they weren’t starting a book club—they were signing

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Ezekiel 38:13

Ezekiel 38:13 – Twentysixth book in the bible and and part of Nevi’im “Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its young warriors will say to you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil?’” — Ezekiel 38:13 (NIV)

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