By Boyd D. Cathey  

May 4, 2026

My father, Harry S. Cathey, was a World War II veteran. He left behind letters to my mother written from France and Germany in 1944 and 1945. Some of the words and designations are obviously in a code they had between them-he could not identify locations in the combat zone. What comes through above all are two things: his sense of duty to his country and his abiding love for my mother-no real complaints about his conditions, although he does express the wish that he could taste her cooking again and, of course, the hope to see her soon.

By Larry C. Johnson
Sonar21  

May 4, 2026

Pete Hegseth is lying about the US blockade of Iranian ports. On April 12, after JD Vance announced that talks with Iran had failed, Trump declared a naval blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas. CENTCOM clarified that the blockade would be enforced against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports, but would not impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports.

By Eric Zuesse
Eric's Substack  

May 4, 2026

Ukrainians were lured into wanting EU membership in 2013, and this goal led to the EuroMaidan demonstrations in Kiev that produced the overthrow of Ukraine's democratically elected President Viktor Yanukovych and his forced replacement by a new and rabidly anti-Russian government that has the closest of all borders to Moscow, only a five-minute missile flight-time away, just 300 miles, from blitz-bombing The Kremlin and so decapitating Russia's Government.

Moon of Alabama  

May 4, 2026

I do not know if the numbers on the Forbes chart below are correct but it is quite obvious that Trump and his family are using their positions to enrich themselves.

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Trump sons to take stake in Kazakh miner that won $1.6bn US backing (archived) - FT
The Trump family last year netted more than $1bn in pre-tax profits from their various cryptocurrency projects and have continued to pile into AI, drones and critical minerals companies that have won lucrative US government contracts

By Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org  

May 4, 2026

Trump, for whom I had hopes like tens of millions of Americans, is turning out to be a disaster for America and the world. Last Friday Trump announced an increase in the tariff from 15% to 25% on cars and trucks from the EU, thus breaking the agreement he made last July with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Trump's excuse is that the EU is not complying with the July agreement, but if he offered evidence it has not been reported in the news accounts I have seen.

By Charles Hugh Smith
OfTwoMinds.com 

May 4, 2026

Only then do we realize that by optimizing profit and efficiency, we've also optimized systemic failure.

In my essay AI, Money, Human Nature and the Problem with Problems, I refer to boundary conditions but didn't offer a thorough explanation of the role this concept plays in understanding not just how the world works but more importantly, how things break down.

By Dr. Gary Null
Global Research 

May 4, 2026

"The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates

The Question We Keep Postponing

At what point in our lives do we stop ? At what point do we turn off the distractions - the screens, the notifications, the relentless noise of a culture engineered to prevent reflection - and ask ourselves the only questions that actually matter: What is the purpose and meaning of my life ? Am I honoring that purpose and meaning ? And where do I begin to question which pieces of this puzzle do not make sense to me?

The dustup between President Trump and Pope Leo had its source in the landmine planted by Leo's predecessor in the Archdiocese of Washington, DC. 

By Paul Kengor
Crisis Magazine 

May 4, 2026

The dustup continues from Donald Trump's eruption against Pope Leo on his Truth Social two weeks ago. President Trump seems to have cooled off and pulled back from his recent diatribes against the Holy Father, and in the meantime, we're learning what really set him seething.

publié le 04/05/2026 Par Frédéric Farah

Le paysage économique mondial apparaît de plus en plus incertain, tant la nouvelle administration américaine, conduite par le président Trump, alimente les tensions et brutalise les relations commerciales à l'échelle internationale. Les tarifs douaniers et le dollar s'imposent plus que jamais comme des instruments d'affirmation de puissance, sinon de domination.

Margherita Furlan

Tokayev riceve Herzog ad Astana: terre rare, intelligenza artificiale e Middle Corridor. Mentre l'Iron Dome israeliano è dispiegato negli Emirati, gli Accordi di Abramo si trasformano da trattato di pace mediorientale in architettura di contenimento trans-euroasiatica. I BRICS osservano.

Mentre la guerra contro l'Iran continua e gli Emirati Arabi Uniti ospitano ufficialmente truppe israeliane sul proprio suolo, un altro tassello della scacchiera euroasiatica si è mosso.

Mai 2026 - Source Nicolas Bonnal

Bill Clinton s'émeut d'une défaite de la globalisation. Il devrait préciser de la globalisation sauce américaine. Il est vrai que par sa bêtise et ses mauvaises manières, Donald Trump est en train d'achever de casser la domination américaine. On arrive vraiment à cet Après l'Empire qu'annonçait Todd... après tant d'autres. Deux questions émergent : Trump sabote-t-il exprès l'empire et le dollar ? Et qu'aura-t-on après ? A-t-on lieu de se satisfaire du triomphe non-occidental ?

Par Eman Abu Zayed

Les nouveaux établissements qui fleurissent dans le territoire dévasté, révèlent une nouvelle réalité génocidaire.

Les réseaux sociaux regorgent de publications présentant des photos et des vidéos de cafés et de restaurants à l'allure chic à Gaza. Les comptes pro-israéliens utilisent souvent ces images pour affirmer que la vie est revenue à la normale à Gaza, que la population ne souffre pas et qu'aucun génocide n'a jamais eu lieu.