Category: Trends & News

Well, it looks like western leaders are finally starting to put on their big boy pants. For the first few days after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, most governments offered nothing but harsh words… and the obligatory thoughts and prayers. Now every organization in the world seems to be chipping in to punish

In the autumn of 1362, on the banks of Syniukha River in eastern Europe, General Algirdas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was about to do something that would have been unthinkable only a few decades before. He was going to invade Ukraine and take over the Principality of Kiev. Kiev at the

[Editor’s note: Our Sovereign Woman and CEO, Viktorija Simulynaite, is writing today’s Notes from Mexico City.] I’m supposed to be on the way to South Africa right now, attending the wedding of one of my closest childhood friends. But South Africa had other plans for me. Or at least, the tiny, tiny man

Thursday, November 29, 2001 felt like any other day in Argentina. People woke up, went to work, and lived their lives. There was nothing really unusual about that day, everything seemed fine. Sure, Argentina’s economy had been in a severe recession for three years, so life was difficult. But it was still normal.

In the year 1218 AD, Genghis Khan was knee-deep in a bloody war with the Jin Dynasty of northern China– a conflict that would last for more than two decades. The Khan knew that China was a powerful enemy, so he took careful steps to make peace with his neighbors so that he

Charlotte Bellis is a journalist who was based in Afghanistan during the US withdrawal. She covered the Taliban’s first press conference after it took control of the country last summer, and asked, “what will you do to protect the rights of women and girls?” Now Bellis, a New Zealand citizen, could ask the

The year 238 AD began with Maximinus I as Emperor of Rome– a former peasant who had worked his way up through the ranks of the military before being chosen as Emperor by his troops. By August of that year, Maximinus was dead, and five other men had briefly held the title of

Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Nova Scotia Bans Cheering Truckers Along Highways Canada’s “Freedom Convoy” is a group of thousands of truckers who have flooded Ottawa for the past