#Milley’s perfidy is more proof the ruling class couldn’t care less about democracy

#Milley’s perfidy is more proof the ruling class couldn’t care less about democracy

“#Milley’s perfidy is more proof the ruling class couldn’t care less about democracy” This week’s unsettling revelation of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley’s alleged late Trump administration-era perfidy is but one glaring fusillade in a years-long crusade by America’s decrepit ruling class to condemn and ultimately subjugate us “deplorables,” “wrong-thinkers”…

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#Joe, playing vaccine politics won’t lead to solution

#Joe, playing vaccine politics won’t lead to solution

“#Joe, playing vaccine politics won’t lead to solution” Maybe President Biden should handle COVID-19 the way he’s handled Afghanistan.  It’s a strange thought, given how badly he botched the US withdrawal. But at least Afghanistan Joe had a clear idea about what we needed to do. COVID Joe has no such exit strategy. He’s making…

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#Afghanistan on brink of economic and humanitarian collapse

#Afghanistan on brink of economic and humanitarian collapse

“#Afghanistan on brink of economic and humanitarian collapse” KABUL, Afghanistan — Ever since the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital on Aug. 15, the country’s already fragile economy has spiraled into despair. Foreign assistance, which previously propped up the nation of 38 million, was immediately frozen. The US halted $9.4 billion in reserves to the country’s…

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#Taliban says women can study in gender-segregated universities

#Taliban says women can study in gender-segregated universities

“#Taliban says women can study in gender-segregated universities” KABUL, Afghanistan — Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the higher education minister in the new Taliban government said Sunday. The minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, laid out the new policies…

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#Incredible scenes of women’s liberation in 1970s Afghanistan

#Incredible scenes of women’s liberation in 1970s Afghanistan

“#Incredible scenes of women’s liberation in 1970s Afghanistan” In most parts of the world, women’s rights have moved forward over the past 50 years, even if at an incremental pace. And then there’s Afghanistan. Females had been making strides over the past two decades — becoming high-ranking police officers and regional governors, forming cricket teams  — in cities like…

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