Reviews and Reflections on Life In America
By Wayne Allensworth Donald Trump made his name partly by building casinos, and he seems to think the entire country is one large gaming table, ripe for exploitation. Whether it’s Kalshi, Polymarket, Fan Duel, or Draft Kings, Trump is the pro-gambling president. His administration has made it easier for these online gambling venues to go nationwide, encouraging a self-destructive addiction that...
By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American) GOP Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky named names in the Epstein Files on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday, in announcing that he will seek a discharge petition to put yet another Epstein Files bill up for a vote. The list included some of the most prominent names in the country, including bazillionaire hotel tycoon Thomas Pritzker...
By Paleo Pundit Last year, I questioned Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s claim that 1.6 million illegal immigrants had “self-deported” since Donald Trump returned to office. The evidence offered for that assertion relied heavily on changes in the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS), and I argued that the survey was being asked to bear more weight than it...
By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American) As expected, boosters for the war against Iran now admit what everyone knew when President Trump scrapped the Constitution and attacked the country on behalf of Israel. An air campaign will not bring Iran to heel. That leaves one option: Ground troops — hundreds of thousands of soldiers and Marines on the ground, slugging it out in a country that Israel...
By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American) Congressional resistance to law enforcement’s increasingly using Flock cameras to code and trace the activities of Americans without a warrant is growing rapidly. The concern: The cameras are a mass-surveillance tool that permits cops to skirt the Fourth Amendment to the federal Constitution. Last week, GOP U.S. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri...
By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American) Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s resignation because of his squabbles with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has invited the usual speculation about his replacement. One candidate is a man who volunteered for the Israel Defense Forces, and once wore an IDF uniform in the halls of Congress: GOP Representative Brian Mast of Florida. The possibility has undoubtedly...
By Wayne Allensworth CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s “secret” visit to Moscow last week prompted a flurry of speculation about its purpose and what transpired at his meeting with Russian intelligence chiefs. Ratcliffe did not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but with Russian Foreign Intelligence (SVR) chief Sergei Naryshkin and the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Aleksandr...
By Wayne Allensworth It’s a good question, especially if one takes into account the world view of our ruling class, the Epstein Party, that has a very different view of America than many of us do. Elites have a mania for control. Their Will to Power guides them in all things. Your observer has tried to explain the forms that takes in the post-modern era in terms of a certain mode of...
By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American) An American independent journalist has alleged that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detained him at an airport on August 20 and interrogated him about a social-media post in which he criticized an Israeli politician. The journalist is Ethan Levins. The politician is Itamar Ben Gvir, Israeli minister of national security. Levins criticized Gvir on X...
By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American) The Israeli government appears to be subsidizing GOP Senator Ted Cruz’s super Pac by purchasing ads on the Israel-First lawmaker’s podcast. The ad campaign is appropriately titled “I Am Israel.” While Responsible Statecraft explains that Israel is drumming up tourist revenue because Israel’s never ending wars have kept prudent tourists away from the country...
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