Edwin Benson 
“Putin is waging a war buttressed by an invisible army of the coerced and forgotten.” That quotation comes from an analyst working for The Atlantic Council, a think tank oriented toward closer relationships between nations on both sides of the Atlantic. He discussed Russia’s recruiting troops from Third-World countries to fight in … Read more
The news media treated Trump v. Casa (2025) as an immigration case. Even though such concerns underlaid this important Supreme Court ruling, it would be a mistake to characterize the case in that way. The central issue in Trump v. Casa was of another nature. The Supreme Court did not convene to … Read more
During Vladimir Putin’s time at the Kremlin, over 100 statues of Stalin were erected throughout the Russian Federation. At the same time, BBC reports, many of the over 700 plaques commemorating Stalin’s victims have been removed. A sculpture commemorating Stalin was installed last May in the Taganskaya subway station in Moscow. It … Read more
Chris and Andy Henry own a twenty-one-acre farm in Cranberry Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Their great-grandfather purchased it in 1850. The parcel is hardly the bucolic site that the word farm implies. According to an article in NJ.com, it is surrounded by warehouses. Warehouse developers have been making offers to the … Read more
This article is part two of a three-part series on Americanist Heresy. It is based on the author’s meeting on February 12, 2025, at the American TFP’s headquarters in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Click here to read part one or three. * * * This article opens with an illustration to which any … Read more
This article is part one of a three-part series on Americanist Heresy. It is based on the author’s meeting on February 12, 2025, at the American TFP’s headquarters in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Click here to read part two. * * * Some readers might be a bit confused when reading the title … Read more
Back in the days when schools taught something more than self-pity, indignation and jumping to conclusions, many teachers required that students read Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1863 poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride.” For generations of Americans, its opening line, “Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,” was, … Read more
Scientists have found a flaw in the computer processes collectively known as Artificial Intelligence (AI). Remarkably, a giant in the industry, Apple, has published their work. To say the least, it calls into question the machine-dominated future that many so-called experts see coming. Knowledge and Intelligence In many minds, knowledge and intelligence … Read more
Is marijuana legal? In a sane world, that question would be easy to answer. Currently, any attempt to answer it exposes the confusing and contradictory state of American jurisprudence. The short answer is that it is legal in some states but illegal in the United States. Why America Must Reject Isolationism and … Read more
In a legal settlement, a Connecticut couple has been awarded $2 million because their daughter was born with Cystic Fibrosis. The court assessed the penalty against the doctor who neglected to run a relatively simple blood test almost four years before the child’s birth. At first blush, this looks like a simple … Read more