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Why China Is Confident About a War with the US (Part 2), by Hua Bin
The Unz Review - Jan 23rd 2026 12:05am ESTIn part one of the essay, I have touched on the critical asymmetries in Chinese and US capabilities in a shooting war. I discussed China’s asymmetric advantages in geography, will to fight, military preparedness, as well as the knowledge and intelligence of commanders and soldiers. In this second part, I will focus on the most…
The School That Minted Black Prodigies, by F. Roger Devlin
The Unz Review - Jan 23rd 2026 12:00am ESTKatie Benner & Erica Green, Miracle Children: Race, Education, and a True Story of False Promises, Metropolitan Books, 2026, 272 pages, $27.95 hardcover The T. M. Landry College Preparatory School in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, started as a homeschool for just five children in 2005 but grew to serve over 100 mostly black students. It came…
Never Mind the Democrats. Get Organized., by Ted Rall
The Unz Review - Jan 23rd 2026 12:00am ESTAs a leftist, I’m heartened by the reactions of the citizens of Minneapolis and its neighboring municipalities to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s assault against their noncitizen neighbors. The killing of Renee Good makes the risk of confronting illiterate armed paramilitaries hopped up on aggression-fueling steroids brutally clear. Plus, this is Minnesota in January. Mixing it…
Russia Needs A New President–A Realistic One, by Paul Craig Roberts
The Unz Review - Jan 23rd 2026 12:00am ESTAt Putin’s meeting with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council on January 21, Putin said: “Now as for Greenland. What is happening around Greenland does not concern us in any way.” One can only wonder how removed from reality Putin is. President Trump repeatedly has said that Greenland is essential to US security…
Please Enjoy the Delicious Taste of Boot, by Andrew Anglin
The Unz Review - Jan 22nd 2026 12:20am ESTIt seems that many are enjoying the delicious taste of boot, which they have a joyful time licking. Personally, I was concerned that people would not enjoy the fact that the ICE raids are a gigantic performance, and that they could not possibly lead to any significant percentage of immigrants being removed. It seemed that…
They’re Trying to Sneak Israel’s President Into Australia Without Anti-Genocide Protests, by Caitlin Johnstone
The Unz Review - Jan 22nd 2026 12:10am ESTIsraeli president Isaac Herzog is expected to visit Australia at the invitation of the Australian government, with anonymous sources telling the Israeli press that he’s scheduled to arrive on February 7, but so far Canberra itself has been very opaque about the time and nature of the visit. We can surmise from this that they’re…
President Trump Is the Most Successful Practitioner of Washington’s Hegemony, by Paul Craig Roberts
The Unz Review - Jan 22nd 2026 12:00am EST“Greenland is part of the war against Russia at sea.” — John Helmer John Helmer makes the point to Nima that in addition to, and perhaps more important than, the military confrontation with Russia and the West in Ukraine, Washington is conducting two other wars against Russia. One is a war to control Russian capital….
Every Nation in the World Should Reject Trump’s Absurd and Dangerous ‘Board of Peace’, by Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares
The Unz Review - Jan 22nd 2026 12:00am ESTRefusal to join will be an act of national self-respect. The UN-based international order, however flawed, should be repaired through law and cooperation, not replaced by a gilded caricature. The so-called “Board of Peace” being created by President Donald Trump is profoundly degrading to the pursuit of peace and to any nation that would lend…
Introducing Mossad Farsi, the Motto and the Methods, by Ilana Mercer
The Unz Review - Jan 21st 2026 2:09pm ESTAccording to the twinned belief-systems of Jewish supremacy and American exceptionalism; all ‘good,’ ‘happy’ human beings are either American or Israeli, or en route to becoming clones of the one or the other. Those involved in these foreign-policy drives honestly believe that to be American or Israeli is the existential Gold Standard. ~ilana I’ll stifle…
Trump’s Threats Escalate in Unreasonableness, by Paul Craig Roberts
The Unz Review - Jan 21st 2026 12:00am ESTTrump’s latest scheme is for each country to pay $1 billion to join his Gaza Board of Peace. The president of France declined the invitation, and Trump suggested that he might impose a 200% tariff on French wine in retribution. It appears that the so-called Board of Peace does not have peace as its function….
Australia’s Frightening New “Hate Speech” Laws Are Clearly Aimed At Pro-Palestine Groups, by Caitlin Johnstone
The Unz Review - Jan 21st 2026 12:00am ESTAustralia’s Labor government has successfully passed a “hate speech” bill that’s plainly aimed, at least in part, at suppressing pro-Palestine organizations as “hate groups”. Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about the new laws, saying their extremely vague wording, lack of procedural fairness and low thresholds for implementation mean groups can now be banned…
The CIA’s Blatant Lies About Ukraine and Russia… Intentional or Just Trolling Sy Hersh?, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Jan 20th 2026 12:20am ESTThe latest Substack from Sy Hersh is a doozy because it is rife with false claims and propaganda. I have known Sy for 45 years and consider him a dear friend. His latest article is an abomination and, in my opinion, represents a stain on his legacy. I feel like I’m watching a basketball legend…
In Which I Resign from Writing Satire, by Kevin Barrett
The Unz Review - Jan 20th 2026 12:00am ESTThis is real. Reported by BBC. I give up. Satire is redundant. A while back I wrote what I thought was a satire: Trump Prepares to Invade Norway, Seize Nobel Peace Prize. A few weeks later: Trump: “I Need Greenland! I Absolutely HAVE to Have It!” The character from my satire just stepped out of…
Order and Progress, by Hans Vogel
The Unz Review - Jan 20th 2026 12:00am ESTDuring the first decades of the Nineteenth Century, Europe was in deep turmoil. There was hardly time to come to grips with the changes brought about by the French Revolution of 1789 before other revolutions broke out. In 1820/21, 1825, 1830 and 1848 new revolutions sent shock waves through the continent. All of these revolutions…
How China Can Burst the Bubble of Donald Trump’s American Empire, by Ron Unz
The Unz Review - Jan 19th 2026 12:25am ESTJust after New Year’s Day, President Donald Trump ordered a successful raid on Venezuela that abducted President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. Many of his angry critics denounced this as a return to the notorious Gunboat Diplomacy of President Theodore Roosevelt and others in the early years of the twentieth century. Trump had allegedly now…
In This Dystopia You Can’t Vote Against Wars But You Can Gamble On When They’ll Start, by Caitlin Johnstone
The Unz Review - Jan 19th 2026 12:10am ESTI can’t get over the fact that people were casting bets on whether the US would bomb Iran the other day. It just says such dark things about the type of civilization we are living in. In this dystopia, Americans are never given the option to vote for a president who won’t bomb foreign countries…
Why China Is Confident About a War with the US (Part 1), by Hua Bin
The Unz Review - Jan 19th 2026 12:02am ESTI wrote about the higher chance for a 2026 war in my last essay. Some ask how confident China is in prevailing in such a war. This is a subject I wrote about over a year ago. Since a war between China and the US will only break out near Chinese shores (Taiwan or the…
A Palestinian-Chilean Senator’s Dire Warning About Israeli Incursions in the Patagonia, by Jose Alberto Nino
The Unz Review - Jan 18th 2026 12:00am EST13 years before blazes scorched Chile’s Patagonia, Senator Eugenio Tuma Zedán stood in the Senate and exposed Israeli “tourists” as military scouts eyeing Chilean land. Today, as wildfires rage through the region he flagged, his foresight casts him as a modern prophet. The senator from La Araucanía, representing one of South America’s most prominent Palestinian…
A Palestinian-Chilean Senator’s Dire Warning About Israeli Incursions in the Patagonia, by Jose Alberto Nino
The Unz Review - Jan 18th 2026 12:00am EST13 years before blazes scorched Chile’s Patagonia, Senator Eugenio Tuma Zedán stood in the Senate and exposed Israeli “tourists” as military scouts eyeing Chilean land. Today, as wildfires rage through the region he flagged, his foresight casts him as a modern prophet. The senator from La Araucanía, representing one of South America’s most prominent Palestinian…
Millions of Iranians Can’t be Wrong, by Kevin Barrett
The Unz Review - Jan 18th 2026 12:00am ESTRumble link Bitchute link False Flag Weekly News link The people of Iran have spoken. Massive, gargantuan, humongous protests, “the biggest and most beautiful protests the world has ever seen” as Trump would say, have brought countless millions of Iranians into the streets to send the theocrats (and parliamentary representatives) who govern them a message:…
Ukraine Is Defending Itself with Money Europe Doesn’t Have, by Ian Proud
The Unz Review - Jan 17th 2026 12:10am ESTAn end of the Ukraine war may have as devastating economic and political consequences for Europe. The ugly truth is that an end of the Ukraine war may have as devastating economic and political consequences for Europe as its continuance. Ukraine already faces a $63 billion U.S. dollar funding shortfall in 2026 and I would…
The Politics of the Myth: The Quest for the Double and Death, by Tom Sunic
The Unz Review - Jan 17th 2026 12:00am ESTJohn W. Waterhouse, Echo and Narcissus, oil on canvas (1903) This brief essay, structured in three short sections, aims to show how mythical figures from the Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses can help us better grasp our distorted political self-perception. There is no scholarly consensus on a definition of the ancient Greek term μῦθος (“mythos”). Scholars…
The Government from Hell, by Philip Giraldi
The Unz Review - Jan 17th 2026 12:00am ESTJudging from opinion polls, the American public has increasingly become largely disenchanted with the bizarre behavior of President Donald J Trump and the clownish entourage that surrounds and encourages him. Last week featured a meeting between Trump and the foreign minister of Denmark as well as his counterpart from Greenland’s legislative assembly. The meeting did…
Fentanyl Is Killing Americans. the Government Is Targeting the Wrong Country — A CDC Insider Sets the Record Straight, by Joshua Scheer
The Unz Review - Jan 16th 2026 12:20am ESThe Trump administration’s assault on Venezuela — marketed under the Orwellian banner of Operation Absolute Resolve — has been sold to the public as a heroic strike against the U.S. overdose crisis. The White House claims that kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro and his wife somehow “saved 25,000 American lives,” a statistic so mathematically absurd it…
Kosher Konservatives: Defections, Elections and Unnatural Selections, by Tobias Langdon
The Unz Review - Jan 16th 2026 12:00am ESTPoliticians lie. That’s a toxic truth of life across the world and through history. But the British politicians Robert Jenrick and Nadhim Zahawi will never lie on one very important matter. They’ll say that their proud patriotism and devotion to popular service will not alter one iota after their defections from the Conservatives to the…