Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
David T. Cloft 
America doesn’t just have problems anymore—it has subscription services for problems. Pick your flavor, swipe your card, and congratulations: you’re now funding a permanent crisis that will never quite get solved. Because solving it would be terrible for business.
We like to pretend food comes from virtue. Hard work, sunshine, maybe a red barn and a guy in overalls. Reality check: your dinner exists because of industrial chemistry, fossil fuels, and a process that forces atmospheric nitrogen to behave like it’s being interrogated in a back room. At the center of this quiet miracle—and quiet dependency—is the Haber-Bosch process. It doesn’t get headlines. It doesn’t trend. But it’s arguably one of the most important inventions in human history, because it broke the natural limits on how much food we can produce. Without it, the global population wouldn’t look anything like it does today.
They’re not rolling tanks into MAGA headquarters. They don’t have to. This is 5th generation warfare—the kind where the battlefield is your head and the objective is reputation, not terrain. No explosions, no uniforms, just a steady drip of images and narratives that quietly decide who looks sane and who looks like they need adult supervision. And right now, one of the cleanest plays on the board is simple: take the fringe, staple it to the mainstream, and let human psychology do the rest.
There’s a comforting lie modern people like to tell themselves: we outgrew the occult. We traded candles and chants for peer review and lab reports. We’re rational now. Enlightened. Too sophisticated for ancient nonsense. Michael S. Heiser spent a good portion of his career politely—and then not so politely—blowing that idea to pieces. Heiser, who …
From roughly 2012 to 2014, as Syrian Civil War turned northern Syria into a live-fire apocalypse, Lafarge made a calculated decision: stay open, stay profitable, and if that meant paying off armed groups—including ISIS and al-Nusra Front—then so be it. Business is business. Even if your business partners occasionally crucify people for sport. The company didn’t just stumble into this. Courts later described it as an organized system. Money moved. Deals were made. Raw materials, checkpoints, safe passage—all greased with cash. The same way you’d negotiate trucking contracts in Ohio, just with more AK-47s and fewer HR policies.
Systech Environmental—pitched a brilliant idea: instead of burning traditional fuels, why not torch hazardous waste in the kiln? Tires, solvents, industrial byproducts—if it could burn, it could earn. Companies paid to get rid of their waste, Lafarge saved on fuel, and everyone shook hands like they’d just invented fire. The pitch was wrapped in the kind of language only a regulatory lawyer could love: “resource recovery,” “alternative fuels,” “energy efficiency.” What it meant in plain English was this: Alpena became a destination for waste that nobody else wanted, cooked at 2,500 degrees and released into the same air the locals were breathing.
Imagine waking up to headlines proclaiming, “The Vatican Confirms the Existence of Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life.” With one statement, the spiritual and scientific foundations of billions would be shaken. But what would such a declaration really mean? For those who take biblical prophecy seriously, it might not be the dawn of new enlightenment—but the beginning of a global deception foretold in Scripture.
In a Bizarre Twist, Modern-Day Individuals Hold Themselves Responsible for Events They Never Experienced.
“Generals don’t run the Army anymore. The lawyers and comptrollers do.” ~Army 3-star General; summer 2013
Today in Cloft’s Corner, Dave channels C.S. Lewis as he imagines Satan directing his demons in further devilment after a successful year.
In a stunning display of correlation-based crusading, a group of self-proclaimed “Karens” has emerged from the depths of suburbia, armed with their statistical prowess and signature haircuts.
Gun grabbers argue that limiting civilian access to firearms is necessary for public safety, but history has shown us the dangers of disarming the population.
Elections still happen. Parties still act like it’s a steel-cage match. But on the fundamentals—the wiring of the economy, the growth of the administrative state, the handshake between government and corporate power—the menu is pre-selected. You’re not choosing dinner; you’re choosing the garnish. The work of Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page (2014) didn’t need conspiracy theories to make the point: policy outcomes tend to track the preferences of economic elites far more than average voters. Translation: your vote counts; your leverage doesn’t.
The oath military officers take in these United States, is different than that taken by officers in other countries. American officers swear to an ideal, not a tyrant.
In recent years, the United States has witnessed growing erosion of capitalism and the fundamental liberties enshrined in the nation’s founding principles.
The life of an Army staff officer is often defined by long hours, endless PowerPoint slides, and the constant demand for data-driven decisions. For those in Functional Area 49 (Operations Research & Systems Analysis, or ORSA), this reality is amplified. We were expected to be the Army’s decision scientists, using data and analytical rigor to guide strategy, resource allocation, and operational planning. However, somewhere along the way—from 1997 to 2017—the Army lost its way, shifting from genuine analysis-driven decision-making to an environment where analysis became a justification tool for pre-determined conclusions.
There are no “God Given Rights” explicitly laid out in the Bible. The concept of a human rights began in 1215 under the Magna Carta. Rights come from the Government, but God issues principals and values. Not rights. Rights: Rights are inherent to individuals by virtue of their humanity. They are typically regarded as fundamental, …
In the realm of military innovation, Swiss engineering once gave birth to an awe-inspiring marvel: the world’s largest rifle that could be fired by a single soldier.
This academic article examines the notion that the United States, once hailed as the “land of the free and home of the brave,” has experienced a significant decline in both freedom and courage. Drawing upon historical context, legislative developments, and societal changes, this analysis aims to shed light on the factors contributing to this shift. …
War has never been about killing people. That’s just the mechanic. The real objective—the decisive terrain—is the human mind. Always has been.