Think Past the Establishment
Newly released government emails show Anthony Fauci instructing an NIH subordinate to delete an exchange about gain-of-function research and then remove it permanently from the deleted folder. The instruction appears to conflict with Fauci’s sworn 2024 testimony that he had never destroyed federal records.
American forces struck Iranian launchers and troops on Larak Island as Iran allegedly prepared to deploy naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran responded with missiles and drones aimed at bases hosting American forces in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, ending more than a month without a direct exchange.
J. D. Vance argues that the strong dollar keeps imports cheap while making American products harder to sell, contributing to lost factories, weakened supply chains and dependence on foreign producers. Weakening the dollar could restore productive capacity but also raise borrowing costs on America’s $40 trillion debt.
Britain has cycled through seven prime ministers in ten years while increasingly treating every institutional failure as a shortage of leadership. The essay argues that this obsession elevates charisma and personality above administration, competence and institutional design. Replacing the person at the top cannot repair…
Some pastors are creating AI replicas trained on their sermons, correspondence and advice so congregants can consult digital versions of them at any time. The article argues that Christian discipleship depends upon embodied relationships, personal responsibility and genuine human presence.
Opposition to Israel increasingly functions as more than a position on the Middle East. The essay traces it to Third Worldism, which divides society between colonial oppressors and dispossessed peoples entitled to reparations, redistributed power and political recognition.