Author: Charles Hugh Smith

One sure way to identify a system "optimized for failure" is if all the insiders are…

Our national claim of moral superiority is no longer plausible. A very strong case can be…

Our overweening faith and confidence in our wealth and power make this a dimly lit Thanksgiving.…

The reality is the roulette wheel is rigged and only chumps believe it's a fair game.…

What we need is not a return to the corrupt, tottering kleptocracy of 2019, but a…

That our "leadership" reckons "bread and circuses" is what the stripmined bottom 90% want is beyond…