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North Korea - The Hermit Kingdom Undercover: (Part 1) a rare look inside North Korea, the most isolated nation in the world - a society completely enslaved by a savage, dehumanizing dictatorship. For parts 2 -5 click on thumbnails

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The Greening of Godzilla - How the Environmental Movement Lost its Soul

by Walter Russell Mead for The American Interest

When it comes to climate change, the environmental movement has gotten itself on the wrong side of doubt. It has become... more

Europe’s Guilty Conscience - Self-hatred is Paralyzing the Continent

by Pascal Bruckner for City Journal

Europe no longer believes in evil but only in misunderstandings to be resolved by discussion and dialogue. She no longer... more

America's Ruling Class - And the Perils of Revolution

by Angelo M. Codevilla for The American Spectator

The "ruling class" has burgeoned in size and pretense, has undertaken wars it has not won, presided over a declining economy... more

An Open Challenge to Paul Krugman: Were America’s Founding Fathers Wrong?

by JS Kim - Reprinted for The Reactionary from The Underground Investor

Today, academics have drawn the focus away from the immorality of the monetary debasement component of quantitative easing... more

APOCRYPHA
Crony Capitalism Chronicles - The BP Hustle

by APOCRYPHA for The Reactionary

The Interior/MMS cesspool of Bush was merely extended to his successor. These guys are as thick as thieves. Crony capitalism.... more

Living With a Nuclear Iran

by Robert D. Kaplan for The Atlantic

There is a growing argument that a nuclear Iran can be contained. Henry Kissinger has argued that U.S.willingness to engage... more

PETER BROOKES
FLASHPOINT: New START - Beyond the Rhetoric

by Peter Brookes and Owen Graham for The Reactionary

Supporters of the treaty dismiss concerns, stating that it "limits nothing" with regard to missile defense, and simply... more

The Future of the Euro - Why the Greek Crisis Will Not Ruin EU Monetary Union

by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi for Foreign Affairs

Between 2008 and 2010, several things went wrong in Europe, the biggest of which was Greece’s financial crisis. For... more

The New Coalition, Britain and Europe: New Wine, Same Bottle

by Dr. William Mallinson for The Reactionary

British foreign and defence policy is American, and Britain is simply a pageboy, despite the rhetoric. Cosmetically, of... more

The Truth about “Palestine”

by Steven Simpson for FrontPage Magazine

If Hadrian had changed the name of Judea to Mars, we would be hearing of the “Martian Arab people.” more

U.S. Journalists Have Bad Case of Americaphobia

by Dan Gainor - The Boone Pickens Free Market Fellow for Business & Media Institute and The Reactionary

The unseen hand of journalism manipulating American democracy is no longer unseen, nor is it as effective as it once was.... more

Obama’s Foreign Policy is a Gift to His Enemies: Intelligence² BBC World Debate

by Kevin Bell for The Reactionary

Obama: From Maoist to Taoist. Kevin Bell reports on what was said, what was not and what it means.... more

MULLAH D.
The Great Game - Afghanistan's Fragile Democracy Fights For Life

by Mullah D. for The Reactionary
Translated and Edited for The Reactionary by Alexander Ackley R.A.

Today's Afghanistan is in many ways comparable with Germany in May, 1945. Hence, Afghanistan needs an occupying power so... more

Turkey - Christians in Danger

by John F. Cullinan for National Review Online

Wake up call for US and European strategists as persecution of Christians increases in Turkey and Middle East.... more