By Kevin Villani
August 28, 2026
California's political leaders often celebrate the state as a global engine of innovation, diversity, and progressive governance. Yet its public schools-despite record spending and one of the most liberal electorates in the nation-remain among America's worst. The contrast with Massachusetts is instructive. Boston Latin School, a public institution founded in 1635, still produces some of the strongest academic outcomes in the country.
Par Alexandra Buste, Xavier Lalbin
La chaleur ne tue pas au hasard. La canicule de juin 2026 a causé au moins 5 764 décès en excès en France - près du double des morts sur les routes en une année entière - et, fait inédit, la surmortalité touche toutes les classes d'âge dès 15 ans. Logements-bouilloires, climatisation, travail en extérieur : les plus précaires sont les plus exposés à la chaleur, et les moins armés pour s'en protéger.
By Chris MacIntosh
International Man
August 24, 2026
The question serious analysts must ask is not "why do governments expand?" That is self-evident, a structural feature of any bureaucracy.
The appropriate question is "why do populations permit it?"
The answer requires understanding the propaganda apparatus that Western states have built, refined, and now operate at industrial scale.
The modern architecture of consent management dates to the First World War.