Happy New Year 2025!

I wish you all a Happy New Year! This year, which has already been marred by an Islamist terrorist attack the night before in New Orleans, Louisiana, seems especially challenging, as it begins not only with the continued threat of Islamism and militancy from various ideologies, but with continued Russian aggression against Ukraine and with the prospect of an incoming United States administration that is populist, protectionist, nativist, isolationist and exhibits alarming authoritarian tendencies. Threats to peace, security, liberty and representative governemnt are dangerously present both without and within, which will necessitate even more vigilance than usual. But there are hopeful trends. To counter the growing menace of the Axis of Rogues, an ad hoc alliance of liberty-lovers has arisen to confront it. As Russia cooperates more with Communist China, North Korea, Iran, among the other members of the Axis, such as Belarus, Venzuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, not only are the U.S. and its allies opposing it with all the necessary means short of war, but the peoples directly threatened by this menace, particularly in Moldova, Syria, Romania and Georgia, have been courageously rising up to defeat it, often in solidarity for each other. Americans, who should be inspired by these brave foreign peoples, are again preparing to rely on the various checks and balances under the Constitution, States' rights, litigation, public pressure and elections to mitigate or defeat the most serious threats, as Americans will be called upon to fulfill their duty to defend the Republic, equality, liberty and representative government. I shall continue to post to this blog, as such means of jounarlism and expression are ever more necessary. Thank you for visiting it. Please visit regularly.