Archive - The Next American Century

That was quite a light show on Saturday night...

As the IAF--with contributions from the US, UK, Jordan and France (which probably took down one drone and then ponced around for the rest of the…

Published on Title TK • 4 hrs ago

Iran's American Fifth Column

For thirty years we have fought self-destructive wars against countries with which we should have been pursuing partnerships, including both Iraq and…

Apr 15 •

Richard Vigilante

The U.S. does “not have a foreign policy worthy of a great power.”

I am happily reading the memoirs of George Kennan, famous author of the “X” telegram credited with inspiring the “containment” strategy the U.S. took…

Apr 11 •

Richard Vigilante

If Chef Jose Andres was an adult

this is what he'd say about the death of his World Central Kitchen compatriots....

Published on Title TK • Apr 9

Now More Than Ever, Israel is the Best

An old Flanders and Swann routine was premised on England needing a better national song. Eventually the two came up with “The English, the English, the…

Apr 8 •

Richard Vigilante

ChatGPT: Last Gasp of the Machine Age

And the true AI that will replace it

Apr 4 •

Richard Vigilante

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March 2024

In Which I Discover that the Fate of the Nation is in My Hands

I will decide the next presidential election. I’ve realized this just recently so I thought I should let you know Though this image is supposed to be me…

Mar 30 •

Richard Vigilante

Biden Plays Catch-Up with Stalin, Mao, and Chairman Xi

It’s been a long time coming, but we’re finally there. Ninety-eight years after Stalin’s first and a mere 71 years after Mao’s first the United States…

Mar 28 •

Richard Vigilante

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Underrating Liberty, We Swapped One Cold War for Another... and it’s Heating Up

The most grievous miscalculation of American foreign policy over the last forty years was to underestimate the importance of Communism’s collapse. This…

Mar 25 •

Richard Vigilante

Live by the Fed, Die by the Fed

Biden shuffled the inflation problem off on the Fed and got what he deserved. We didn't.

Mar 21 •

Richard Vigilante

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Was the Flushing of Agent 13 a Reichenbach Fall?

Did Maxwell Smart's oft-compressed colleague survive to defect to China?

Mar 20 •

Richard Vigilante

Private Vices in Public Places

We are smothering in privacy

Mar 19 •

Richard Vigilante

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