Christopher Hollins

Reading the Tucker Carlson interview in the New York Times, why do I keep feeling like I'm reading a ninth-grader being interviewed by an eighth-grader? One of multiple examples: In the NYT, Tucker says, "Well, I'm sort of opposed to nuclear weapons. I don't want nuclear weapons. I don't want Israel to have a nuclear weapon, I don't want anyone to have a nuclear weapon. It doesn't seem like a good thing." But in January this year, Tucker wrote this: "What are the chances Iran would actually launch a nuclear attack? History suggests they are zero...Could the Iranians obtaining the bomb wind up being a good thing? Whether anyone in the foreign policy establishment admits it, North Korea's nuclearization has undeniably stabilized the Korean Peninsula. The region has seen no wars, coups, or interventionist-forced regime changes since 2006. "Would Iran becoming a nuclear power have the same effect on its region? Could it finally prompt America to leave the area alone, and incentivize Israel to drop its stated goal of controlling the Gaza Strip and the West Bank? Would it make the Iranian government less oppressive because it wouldn't have to worry about the West's constant decapitation ambitions?” Maybe I'm being generous in thinking an eighth-grader is interviewing a ninth-grader. But that is the NYT today, and Tucker Carlson today as well. Bad for Israel--an allied country that has not used it--to have one; not so bad for Iran to have one, because North Korea's development of one has been so positive. Ja, a country shouting "Death to America" would never use it, even as it's killed untold numbers of us, and tens of thousands of innocents at home and abroad. The propagandized NYT and the juvenile Tucker deserve each other, but not much more of our serious attention.

🇺🇦 Conscription in Ukraine have reached new heights. Off he goes with a broken neck to the front lines. This is how the all democratic Zelensky treats "his people".

The United States has made its position clear: No quick nuclear deal will end the conflict with Iran, and a full-scale war is unlikely in the foreseeable future. Trump prefers a strategy of indefinite naval blockade, comfortable with gradually strangling Iran’s economy until Tehran is forced to offer major nuclear concessions — including the dismantling or destruction of key facilities — rather than risking another costly war.

The quiet shift no one is tracking: A year ago, defending free speech on X got you called a chaos agent. Now the same journalists demanding moderation are running their scoops on the platform first, because that's where the audience went. The market voted. The narrative is catching up second.

This is insane. The historic Église Saint-Cyriaque church in Montenach, France, was just set on fire. Survived both world wars but couldn’t survive diversity.

Hakeem Jeffries: “In the new Congress, we’re going to have to do something about the Supreme Court. Everything is on the table.”

Joe Rogan: "I bet if they took all the money from fraud, it would pay for healthcare 10 times over." Shane Gillis: "Or Ukraine, or Israel."