Power, Money, and the Machine That Cannot Stop Itself
By Wendy Williamson
WendyWilliamson.com
November 5, 2026
"Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty."
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (Act 1, Scene 5)
I saw Macbeth a few months ago, and this time something clicked.
A king is murdered for his throne. Macbeth gains the power he wants, only to discover that power has consumed him.
By Ryan McMaken
Mises.org
November 5, 2026
Perhaps one of the most abused and misunderstood phrases in American history is found in the Declaration of Independence where Thomas Jefferson wrote "all men are created equal." Since at least as early as the mid nineteenth century, the phrase has been used by many American politicians as justification for government intervention in the name of imposing whatever interpretation of "equality" happens to be popular at the time.
By Andrew P. Napolitano
November 5, 2026
Does the government work for us, or do we work for the government ? We pay its taxes, obey its laws and regulations, finance its wars and submit to its surveillance. We are told that all of this is necessary for personal safety, collective prosperity and national security. Yet the government has become totalitarian while individuals have become powerless.
The only thing the Republicans can say for themselves is that they aren't Democrats.
By John Leake
The Focal Points
November 5, 2026
More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
-Woody Allen, "My Speech to the Graduates," The New York Times (1979)
By Charles Hugh Smith
OfTwoMinds.com
November 5, 2026
What's the value proposition of immersing ourselves in the real world?
Longtime correspondent Buck V. recently reminded me of a timeless quote from Yogi Berra: "You can observe a lot just by watching." Buck added: With the corollary being "you can hear a lot just by listening.") Having completed a 5,200 mile camping trip around the American West, I had a chance to "observe a lot just by watching" and "hear a lot just by listening."
By Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation
November 5, 2026
Prior to the midterms, there were indications that President Trump might initiate another intense bombing campaign in Iran after the elections. I've got a better idea for the president. In light of the tsunami-like rejection of his presidency at the hands of American voters - owing partly to his illegal and unconstitutional war of aggression against Iran - this would be a great time for him to do a complete reset with respect to not only Iran but also Cuba and Venezuela.
Brian McGlinchey
While the disastrous US-Israeli attempt to impose regime change on Iran has commanded the world's attention, most people are oblivious to the rising probability that regime change is instead coming to a major US and Israeli partner: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Owing to financial strains, demographics, military failures, and simmering domestic discontent, it may only be a question of magnitude.
Madge Waggy
Congress has never defined martial law. The Constitution omits the phrase, the statute books carry no section under that heading, and two centuries of litigation have produced descriptions of what the condition is not while leaving what it is almost entirely unsettled. What the case law does supply is a test, and the test has been geographic and temporal from the beginning: martial law belongs to the theatre of actual war, it operates while the courts are shut and their process obstructed, and it lifts once the shooting stops and the judges return.
Par Mats Svensson pour CounterPunch, le 4 novembre 2026
Ses grands-parents ne parlaient jamais du départ. Ils parlaient d'abord de la maison.
Quand ses grands-parents parlaient, ils parlaient de la maison - une maison en pierre. Ils prononçaient toujours "maison en pierre" lentement, comme si le mot lui-même pouvait encore receler quelque chose, comme s'il pouvait perdurer en étant prononcé avec suffisamment de délicatesse.
Par IntelSky, le 2 novembre 2026
Au bord de l'explosion nucléaire et de la lutte entre factions à la veille des élections. - Talal Nahle
Le lundi 2 novembre 2026, à quelques heures seulement des élections américaines, l'escalade entre Washington et Téhéran a atteint un tournant existentiel sans précédent.
Les récents développements révèlent que les options militaires conventionnelles ont été épuisées, faisant resurgir un débat catastrophique concernant le recours à l'"option nucléaire tactique" pour frapper des installations iraniennes fortement fortifiées.