Governance, Democracy & Economic Policy

The Children in the Room: How They Just Burned the U.S. Alliance

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March 9, 2026This article is part of Governance, Democracy & Economic Policy Series → The Epstein Class Mentality — in Four Acts Prologue: The Smirk That clip went viral this month on Social Media. An Iraqi foreign minister, asked by U.S. media if he fears military invasion. Cameras rolling. Reporters leaning forward, expecting fear. He smirks. […]

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Victory Used to Mean Winning the Battle. Now It Means Leaving the Drowning

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March 9, 2026Part of Governance, Democracy & Economic Policy Series → An Iranian warship was torpedoed in international waters. The US left. Sri Lanka came. The Pentagon called it a victory. I am not a war historian. I don’t pretend to know the classified briefings, the naval strategies, or the calculations made in the Pentagon’s war

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