A funny thing happened last night, at a remarkable event in London in celebration of free speech with Russell Brand and Michael Shellenberger. Before the proceedings Michael suggested we give prepared remarks. I wrote a speech, tinkering with it at night on the plane over, then all day after landing. At the event Michael stood before the large crowd and extemporaneously delivered a rousing address. I slid what I wrote under a chair. Though I did end up mumbling a few things from memory, this is the whole speech, as written: It’s heartening to see so many faces here in…

On the day President Biden’s Justice Department cut their "get out of jail free" plea bargain with Hunter Biden — helping him avoid other allegations, for: money laundering, bribery and human trafficking — we completed our new national poll. The bottom line? Donald Trump now leads Joe Biden to 49% to 44%. Our poll was completed right after Joe Biden’s approved federal indictment of his leading political opponent. This national poll of 1,000 likely voters (+/-3.1% at the 95% confidence interval), was completed between June 15-19. President Biden is, in effect, making Donald Trump the "Nelson Mandela of America" —  a victim of political…

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Social media giant YouTube took down an interview of Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.  claiming that chemicals in the water are turning kids transgender. On Sunday, both Kennedy and podcast host Jordan Peterson tweeted that the video-sharing website had taken down their interview from an episode of Peterson’s show and accused the social media platform of censorship and interfering with a presidential campaign. "What do you think... Should social media platforms censor presidential candidates?" Kennedy asked on Twitter. "My conversation with [Peterson] was deleted by [YouTube]." "Luckily you can watch it here on [Twitter] (thank you [Elon Musk])," Kennedy added,…

  Conclusion The unresolved, long history of inter-communal clashes, especially in the colonial and post-colonial eras, combined with political missteps and repeated mistakes related to counter-insurgency tactics against the territorial advances of the West Africa branches of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State toward the Gulf of Guinea, could trigger significant violence between several communities in the region. There is, therefore, an urgency to raise more awareness about this pressing issue. The growing and mutually reinforcing intersections of historical, political, and security triggers of inter-community violence seem destined to result in long-lasting catastrophes. In his book Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership…