This has been going around Twitter. It’s from That’s really something, isn’t it? I’ve often heard it said that we live not so much by principles, but by stories. In my book , I wrote:Neuroscientists have found that the telling of a story, no matter how simple, lights up parts of our brains that lie dormant when we merely process language. In fact, research has shown that the brain reacts to stories in the same way it responds to actual events. When a story fully enters into your imagination, it is as if you experience it yourself. The more vivid and sensual the descriptions within a...…This has been going around Twitter. It’s from That’s really something, isn’t it? I’ve often heard it said that we live not so much by principles, but by stories. In my book , I wrote:Neuroscientists have found that the telling of a story, no matter how simple, lights up parts of our brains that lie dormant when we merely process language. In fact, research has shown that the brain reacts to stories in the same way it responds to actual events. When a story fully enters into your imagination, it is as if you experience it yourself. The more vivid and sensual the descriptions within a...WW…

Look at this:Directly above me, men with rifles yelling at us. Some of my colleagues who own bullet proof vests are wearing them. I have never appreciated our Sergeants-at-Arms more than today.— Senator Dayna Polehanki (@SenPolehanki)This is horrifying. I believe in the Second Amendment, and I think gun owners are often unfairly maligned by liberals, but this should never, ever have happened. These guys look like antifa. How on earth are legislators supposed to work with armed men standing over them like that? What if they had been members of the Black Panther Party, ? — what would...…Look at this:Directly above me, men with rifles yelling at us. Some of my colleagues who own bullet proof vests are wearing them. I have never appreciated our Sergeants-at-Arms more than today.— Senator Dayna Polehanki (@SenPolehanki)This is horrifying. I believe in the Second Amendment, and I think gun owners are often unfairly maligned by liberals, but this should never, ever have happened. These guys look like antifa. How on earth are legislators supposed to work with armed men standing over them like that? What if they had been members of the Black Panther Party, ? — what would...WW…

There have been news reports in the last few days that have portrayed fairly routine behavior by other states as an attempt to “take advantage” of the U.S. during the pandemic. The incidents in question are consistent with how these states were behaving before the outbreak. For example, The Wall Street Journal on Monday that China continues increasing its control in the Spratly and Paracel islands. This is something that the Chinese government has been doing for decades before now, but this is how it was described in the article:In recent weeks, Beijing has conducted operations to gain more...…There have been news reports in the last few days that have portrayed fairly routine behavior by other states as an attempt to “take advantage” of the U.S. during the pandemic. The incidents in question are consistent with how these states were behaving before the outbreak. For example, The Wall Street Journal on Monday that China continues increasing its control in the Spratly and Paracel islands. This is something that the Chinese government has been doing for decades before now, but this is how it was described in the article:In recent weeks, Beijing has conducted operations to gain more...WW…

,,,,,thatBecome a Member today for a growing stake in the conservative movement.Join here!The intelligence community is playing for keeps, so pay attention.A house divided against itself cannot stand, said Abraham Lincoln, invoking a biblical truth.The actual malice doctrine was an unjustified innovation, a departure from an older, simpler, and more wholesome constitutional tradition.…,,,,,thatBecome a Member today for a growing stake in the conservative movement.Join here!The intelligence community is playing for keeps, so pay attention.A house divided against itself cannot stand, said Abraham Lincoln, invoking a biblical truth.The actual malice doctrine was an unjustified innovation, a departure from an older, simpler, and more wholesome constitutional tradition.WW…

itGareth Porter is an independent journalist and winner of the 2012 Gellhorn Prize for journalism. He is the author of numerous books, including (2014), and  co-written  with John Kiriakou.Become a Member today for a growing stake in the conservative movement.Join here!Everyone has suffered, and benefited, from the power of suggestion.A finances-first approach to innovation may be the reason we lose out to China in the technology footrace.The magnitude of the aggressive moves taken by the Pentagon and CIA to bolster Ukraine are just now becoming apparent.…itGareth Porter is an independent journalist and winner of the 2012 Gellhorn Prize for journalism. He is the author of numerous books, including (2014), and  co-written  with John Kiriakou.Become a Member today for a growing stake in the conservative movement.Join here!Everyone has suffered, and benefited, from the power of suggestion.A finances-first approach to innovation may be the reason we lose out to China in the technology footrace.The magnitude of the aggressive moves taken by the Pentagon and CIA to bolster Ukraine are just now becoming apparent.WW…

Andrew Cockburn is the Washington editor of Harper’s Magazine and the author and co-author of five books, including Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins (2016). He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Playboy, Vanity Fair, and National Geographic, among other publications.     Become a Member today for a growing stake in the conservative movement.Join here!Amazon's new partnership with GrubHub will make it harder for small restaurants to compete with deep-pocketed chains.The administration's new rules for...…Andrew Cockburn is the Washington editor of Harper’s Magazine and the author and co-author of five books, including Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins (2016). He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Playboy, Vanity Fair, and National Geographic, among other publications.     Become a Member today for a growing stake in the conservative movement.Join here!Amazon's new partnership with GrubHub will make it harder for small restaurants to compete with deep-pocketed chains.The administration's new rules for...WW…

Peter Van BurenBecome a Member today for a growing stake in the conservative movement.Join here!Our cities are still littered with relics of pandemic tyranny, and the effects of such reminders will be lasting.Congress should reassert its prerogative to end wars.The intelligence community is playing for keeps, so pay attention.…Peter Van BurenBecome a Member today for a growing stake in the conservative movement.Join here!Our cities are still littered with relics of pandemic tyranny, and the effects of such reminders will be lasting.Congress should reassert its prerogative to end wars.The intelligence community is playing for keeps, so pay attention.WW…

If America has a fast forward button on it, someone should push it ahead to November. We won’t be done with the virus until we’re done with the election. Between prudence and overreaction lies politics.We bleat about wanting decisions to be based on science, then we do the same dumb red-blue thing, even counting the corona dead differently (nothing left certain but taxes now) to make the numbers seem better or worse depending on shifty politics. Something that should not be about Trump at all is All About Trump.It’s killing us. There is no other country in the world so driven by a...…If America has a fast forward button on it, someone should push it ahead to November. We won’t be done with the virus until we’re done with the election. Between prudence and overreaction lies politics.We bleat about wanting decisions to be based on science, then we do the same dumb red-blue thing, even counting the corona dead differently (nothing left certain but taxes now) to make the numbers seem better or worse depending on shifty politics. Something that should not be about Trump at all is All About Trump.It’s killing us. There is no other country in the world so driven by a...WW…

In April 2020, NBC about a doctor in Florida who was kept from her children on the pretense that her job posed a COVID risk to them. That same month, CNN about an E.R. doctor who similarly lost custody temporarily because a judge decided her job was no longer safe.“The Court does not enter this Order lightly but given the pandemic in Florida and the recent increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases, the Court finds in order to insulate and protect the best interests and health of the minor child, this Order must be entered on a temporary basis,” the judge wrote in that court ruling.This...…In April 2020, NBC about a doctor in Florida who was kept from her children on the pretense that her job posed a COVID risk to them. That same month, CNN about an E.R. doctor who similarly lost custody temporarily because a judge decided her job was no longer safe.“The Court does not enter this Order lightly but given the pandemic in Florida and the recent increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases, the Court finds in order to insulate and protect the best interests and health of the minor child, this Order must be entered on a temporary basis,” the judge wrote in that court ruling.This...WW…

Become a Member today for a growing stake in the conservative movement.Join here!Corporations need to signal moral virtue, not "woke" virtue.In Cape Cod's ultra-wealthy LGBT Mecca, we see the ghost of a once-great civilization.An American reflection on the life of Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022.…Become a Member today for a growing stake in the conservative movement.Join here!Corporations need to signal moral virtue, not "woke" virtue.In Cape Cod's ultra-wealthy LGBT Mecca, we see the ghost of a once-great civilization.An American reflection on the life of Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022.WW…