We are back in an era of hard resource power and Mahanian sea power. Geography matters again. Chokepoints matter again. Energy, food, minerals, and shipping routes matter again. And above all of it still sits American monetary power, reinforcing advantages that the United States and the wider Western Hemisphere possess in abundance.
Andy Serkis's new animated adaptation of George Orwell's classic inverts the point of the book to score shallow political points, writes Nicholas Clairmont. It's also just a terrible film.
The most familiar races between superpowers are those involving dreaded killer weapons, but today the U.S. and China are engaged in another one involving a centuries-old invention that also improves l
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's questions this week about the scale of antidepressant use in the United States should be welcomed, whatever your politics. Long-stated concerns about psychiatric medication are now being taken seriously, and Kennedy has announced initiatives aimed at reducing the use of SSRIs, the most widely prescribed class of antidepressants. These [...]Read More...
Doctors told me I was transgender at 13, writes Jonni Skinner. I'm 23 now, permanently altered, and fighting to make sure it never happens to another child.