Is the Epstein files the root cause for Maduro’s kidnapping?

Gerrymandering is the new front opening up in the total war that is American politics.

Politics in Britain are chaotic. Does every cloud really have a silver lining?

Western press is breathing a sigh of relief following Zelensky's reversal of his recent law attacking domestic anti-corruption investigators. They are missing the point.

Everyone involved in X has botched it. Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk, and wider society.

Elon Musk is claiming he'll start a new political party. It will never go anywhere.

Trump is forcing a confrontation by sending the national guard to LA. It remains to be seen whether the protestors take the bait.

Musk and Trump are beefing. Why and will they make up?

Why is Trump letting Musk put the American state through the wood chipper?

Trump derangement syndrome is back in a big way, as is the Troll-in-Chief.

The US & UK had a massive wave of populism rise around the same time, so how come it seems to have subsided in London but not in Washington?

Macron lost a prime minister, and looks set to lose another. Has centrism failed him?

The "Nice Guy" president has done it again.

Trump looks to run his second term more like a royal court than a presidential administration. Welcome to the court of the Orange King.

Scattered reflections on the election, Trump, and the future.

An essay on Trump, his appeal, and his mythic paralell in Balder.

Kamala Harris' win in the recent debate could help her polling numbers, which could be a problem for her.

Best way to deal with nativists is to give them political power.

Will this years election be a second 2016?

American voters are not becoming more hostile to democracy but worryingly, its politicians seem to be.