Quoth Timothy Snyder in his newsletter, Thinking about…: The United States has just spent billions of dollars to los...

Quoth Timothy Snyder in his newsletter, Thinking about…: The United States has just spent billions of dollars to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. As justification for the self-destructive mindlessness, the White House gestures towards Jesus and genocide.…. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power, and succeeded with such rapidity. Read more of “On Superpower Suicide” (May 9, 2026).