J.B. Shurk

There is now a great MAGA siege of the fortified Deep State. Based on the horrified reactions coming from the news media cartel, it would seem that President Trump has taken the whole rotten Establishment by…

“This town is now as nervous as it’s ever been.” That’s Congressman Chip Roy’s assessment of the mood in Washington, D.C., since President Trump’s return to the White House. It’s one of several dozen refreshingly blunt…

Of all the pernicious concepts infecting minds today, perhaps none is more harmful than the belief that only “specialists” can tackle complex problems. Strange as it might seem, “specialization” is a very recent human…

Business schools and military schools borrow extensively from each other’s academic literature. Although the workings of the boardroom and the battlefield might seem mismatched, there is considerable overlap. Both…

Canada’s Liberal Party selected central banker Mark Carney to lead the country as prime minister. He only recently became a politician, but already he’s sitting at the head of the class! No worries,…

Let’s revisit the tumultuous second half of 2021. Dementia-addled President Joe Biden executed a disastrous retreat from Afghanistan in August that resulted in the killing of thirteen servicemembers. Having…

When Barack Obama ran for president, he articulated few policy specifics but promised heaping spoonfuls of “hope and change.” Combined with his rockstar celebrity and appearance as George W. Bush’s diametrical opposite, Obama’s…

Everyone has a favorite adventure novel or movie in which a daring thief swaps something of immense value with something terribly fake. A forged painting hangs in lieu of the original on a museum wall. A bag of sand…

I’m no fan of Michael Moore’s politics or his propaganda films sold as “documentaries,” but there is one entry on his résumé that I thoroughly enjoy: Canadian Bacon, featuring the great John Candy in his final film. Moore wrote…

In writer Taylor Sheridan’s Western series, 1923, there is a great scene in the third episode (which I will paraphrase) when the show’s Montana cattle-ranching family rides into town and finds a man selling futuristic wares…