Author: Claire Foster
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China Reportedly Strikes Secret Deal with Cuba to Build Spy Station for Eavesdropping on US
China has reportedly reached a secret agreement with Cuba to build a major new spy station on the island, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The facility would be used for electronic eavesdropping and would allow Chinese intelligence services to intercept electronic communications throughout the southeastern U.S., where many military bases are located, and…
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Why Donald Trump’s Continued Political Career is a Waste of Resources for the Conservative Movement
Donald Trump’s continued political career is a waste of resources for the conservative movement, Republican Party, and American Right. This detracts from important causes and issues that matter to ordinary Americans. Political energy, time, and money are finite resources, and there are only so many hours in a day to devote to politics. Polarizing causes…
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Toronto Blue Jays Cut Player for Not Being “Pro-LGBTQ2S+ Enough”
The Toronto Blue Jays have cut relief pitcher Anthony Bass for not being “pro-LGBTQ2S+ enough,” making him the first player in major-league history to be DFA’ed for associating with traditional biblical morality. While Bass had a mediocre year, with a 4.95 ERA, he had a stellar 2022 season with a 1.54 ERA and had recently…
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The War for the Future of the Klamath River
The Klamath River, the largest river between the Columbia and Sacramento-San Joaquin, covers 12,000 square miles. The river’s headwaters in southern Oregon run south through high desert before bending west to traverse deep canyons in California’s coast ranges, eventually finding the ocean just south of Eureka. Historically, millions of salmon ran up the Klamath each…
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck and Mutiny in the 18th Century
David Grann’s book, The Wager, explores the story of Commodore George Anson’s 18th-century circumnavigation of the world, focusing on a forgotten episode involving a British ship that foundered near an island off the Chilean coast. After a brutal voyage around Cape Horn, some of the crew made it back to Brazil in a small boat…