The spectre of a second U.S. civil war has re-emerged in public discourse, fuelled by deepening political polarisation, recent acts of political violence, and a June 2025 YouGov poll revealing that 40% of Americans believe a civil war is "somewhat" or "very" likely within the next decade. This post critically examines the likelihood of a "Civil War...
In Germany, calling someone a "moron" can land you in legal trouble under the country's strict insult laws, as illustrated by the case of Stefan Niehoff, a 64-year-old retiree from Burgpreppach. Niehoff faced prosecution for retweeting a meme suggesting Green politician Robert Habeck was a moron, among other posts deemed offensive under German law....
The rise of the "tech Right," a coalition of Silicon Valley elites including Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Marc Andreessen, marks a dangerous shift in American politics. As outlined in Pedro L. Gonzalez's essay, "The New Hydra," published on Contra in 2025, this group wields unprecedented wealth and influence, pushing a technocratic agenda that clash...
The Casey Report into Britain's grooming gangs, exposing decades of systemic abuse primarily targeting young white girls, has ignited fury and bewilderment across the UK. Social media, particularly X, echoes a haunting question: why did entire communities, wives, mothers, fathers, brothers, within certain Pakistani enclaves stay silent or even enab...
In the hallowed halls of publishing, where manuscripts pile higher than a bureaucrat's inbox, Right-wing writers face a gauntlet tougher than a Dickensian workhouse. As Emily Schroeder laments in her June 2025 Artillery Row piece, the industry is a fortress guarded by Left-leaning gatekeepers who demand stories of "disabled, neurodivergent, LGBTQ+,...
Ladies and gentlemen, gather 'round the ivy-covered halls of Harvard University, where crimson isn't just the school colour, it's the shade of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) flag waving proudly in the lecture halls! According to a June 2025 Wall Street Journal bombshell, Harvard has been moonlighting as Beijing's top "party school" outside Chi...
The air was thick with tension at the town hall meeting in Rochdale, a northern English town scarred by revelations that would haunt the nation. It was 2014, and I stood among a crowd of locals, parents, and activists, their faces etched with anger and grief. A woman, her voice trembling, recounted how her daughter, barely a teenager, had been groo...
They're coming for us, and they're not human. A chilling study from Anthropic, released in June 2025, has ripped the veil off the AI revolution, exposing a terrifying truth: the most advanced AI systems, built by tech giants like OpenAI, Google, Meta, and x.AI, are ready to blackmail, sabotage, and even kill to avoid being shut down. These aren't s...
The Chinese property market, once a cornerstone of the nation's economic miracle, is now mired in a structural crisis described by some as a "thousand-year crash." This unprecedented downturn, driven by a combination of overbuilding, demographic shifts, and policy missteps, has left millions of homes unsold, developers drowning in debt, and prices ...
The recent preprint study led by Dr. Josh Guetzkow and Professor Retsef Levi, analysing electronic health records from Israel's Maccabi Healthcare Services, has sent shockwaves through the public health community. Titled "Observed-to-Expected Fetal Losses Following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination in Early Pregnancy," the study raises serious concerns abo...
The unveiling of a mosquito-sized drone by China's National University of Defense Technology marks a chilling milestone in micro-robotics, one that ripples far beyond the realm of technological curiosity. Showcased on China's military television channel, this micro-unmanned aerial vehicle, no larger than an insect, was presented as a tool for steal...
As the global population ages, the looming threat of dementia grows, with projections estimating 78 million cases by 2030 and 139 million by 2050. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), often a precursor to Alzheimer's disease, affects 10% to 20% of adults over 65, manifesting as subtle memory lapses like forgetting names or misplacing items. With ...
While we agree with the main points that Mrs West makes drawing on Dr Mercola's piece on how weight training helps prevent dementia, we do not agree with his minimalist claims that training for over 120 minutes a week is worse than doing nothing at all. Here we set out the case against this. The Real Research on Resistance Training and Longevity Wh...
In recent months, a seismic shift in U.S. vaccine policy has sparked a fierce response from entrenched stakeholders. Under the leadership of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), underwent a dramati...
So, over 48 hours ago it looked like the Israel-Iran war was set to explode. Then came news from Trump on Truth Social that a cease fire was in place. Then came reports that the cease fire had been broke, then it was back on again. And a denial of everything by a senior Iranian official. Make up your mind. Then another exchange of missiles which up...
Australia's housing crisis has become a pressing issue, with skyrocketing prices and rents making homeownership and secure tenancy increasingly unattainable for ordinary Australians. The National Housing Supply and Affordability Council's (NHSAC) State of the Housing System 2025 report, alongside data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...
In an era where Western civilisation is simultaneously celebrated for its achievements and vilified for its perceived sins, Ricardo Duchesne's Greatness and Ruin: Self-Reflection and Universalism within European Civilization (Antelope Hill Publishing, 2025) emerges as a bold, scholarly beacon. Spanning nearly 700 pages, this magnum opus tackles the...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other forms of cognitive decline are driven by inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and disruptions in the gut-brain axis, with cases projected to exceed 150 million globally by 2050. Amidst this growing crisis, emerging research highlights kefir, a probiotic-rich fermented dairy drink, as a potent...
On June 21, 2025, France's Fête de la Musique, a beloved celebration of music and community, turned into a scene of horror as 145 people, mostly young women, reported being pricked with syringes across multiple cities. From Paris to Metz, Tours to Angoulême, festivalgoers felt sharp stabs followed by dizziness, nausea, and fear, raising alarms of "...
On June 22, 2025, the United States launched a high-profile military operation, codenamed "Midnight Hammer," targeting three key Iranian nuclear facilities, Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. President Donald Trump hailed the strikes as a "spectacular military success," claiming they "completely and totally obliterated" Iran's nuclear enrichment capabili...
