David T. Cloft

David T. Cloft is a competitive smallbore and long range rifle shooter from the United States, who has won seven National Championships and has set 11 US National Records. In 1999 he became the first American to be Knighted by the Princess of Buedingen, Germany after winning their annual Schutzenfest. He formerly served as a United States Army officer and retired at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Mayday, Mayday: The Return of the American Strike Fantasy

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The roots go back to the late 19th century, when American labor was less “9 to 5” and more “sunup to collapse.” The rallying cry was simple: eight hours for work, eight for rest, eight for life. In 1886, that demand erupted into nationwide strikes, culminating in the infamous Haymarket Affair in Chicago. A bomb, gunfire, dead police, dead civilians, and a trial that still sparks debate today. It was messy, chaotic, and deeply human—exactly the kind of event that leaves a permanent scar on history.

The War on Man: How Western Civilization Was Taught to Hate Itself, PART I

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For most of Western history, the value of human life was not debated. It was assumed. Rooted in the Judeo-Christian worldview, mankind was understood as imago Dei—created in the image of God, endowed with dignity, moral responsibility, and stewardship over creation. Nature was not divine. Man was not expendable. Humanity had both authority and accountability.

From Shield to Sword: Japan Quietly Loads the Tomahawk

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There was a time—not long ago—when the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force operated like a disciplined sentry: alert, capable, and formidable, but fundamentally reactive. Their destroyers were built to defend sea lanes, hunt submarines, and intercept incoming threats, not to reach deep into an adversary’s homeland. That posture wasn’t an accident. It was the product of history, law, and a deliberate national choice to remain a shield in a dangerous neighborhood. But shields, as it turns out, are only comforting until someone realizes they don’t have to stand in front of them.

When Deployment Felt Like Relief: The Pre-9/11 Army We Pretend to Forget

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Büdingen, Germany, late ’90s. The barracks were “historic,” which was Army-speak for old, fragile, and nobody wants to pay to fix it. The plumbing was past its expiration date—backups, leaks, that constant low-grade stench that never quite left your clothes. And that’s where we put our enlisted soldiers. The pitch from leadership bordered on parody: “You’re living in a historic building—Adolf Hitler once gave a speech here. See the photo!” That didn’t land. Not even close.

China: The New World Order They Intend—And the Life You’d Live Inside It

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Under a Chinese-led global order, you wouldn’t necessarily feel “ruled” by China in a direct sense. You would feel aligned to it. Your country’s economy would be plugged into Chinese supply chains. Your infrastructure might be financed, built, or maintained through Chinese-linked systems. Your technology stack—networks, platforms, standards—would quietly converge with theirs because it’s cheaper, faster, and already widely adopted.

From Opium to Algorithms: How China Turned Humiliation into Dominance

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In the early 19th century, Britain had a problem. China produced what the world wanted—tea, silk, porcelain—and demanded payment in silver. The British Empire was bleeding hard currency. Rather than accept the imbalance, Britain engineered a solution: opium. Grown in British India and smuggled into China, the drug created dependency at scale. Millions became addicted. Silver began flowing back out of China.

Gold, God, and the Grift: How “Patriot” Pitchmen Sold Fear and Made Millions

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There’s a hard truth nobody likes to say out loud: this didn’t just happen because of a few shady coin dealers—it happened because trusted voices carried the water. When names like Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly, and Rudy Giuliani lent their platforms—directly or indirectly—to gold pitches, it wasn’t background noise. It was a credibility transfer. And when shows hosted by Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, and Mike Huckabee ran those same ads day after day, it didn’t just sell metal—it sold trust. That trust had value, and someone cashed it.

The Flying Persian MoPed of War: Why the Shahed-136 Is Everyone’s Problem

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The Shahed-136 is not a masterpiece of engineering. It’s not stealthy, not fast, not elegant, and certainly not impressive in the way a fifth-generation fighter is. It sounds like a weed whacker with anger issues. It flies like a lawn dart with a GPS addiction. And yet—this ugly little flying triangle has exposed a brutal truth about modern warfare: You don’t need to be advanced to be effective. You just need to be cheap, numerous, and good enough.

Dispelling the Myth of Christian Nationalism: Understanding True Christian Values

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Christian nationalism is a term that has garnered attention in recent years, often used to describe a perceived blending of Christianity and nationalist beliefs. However, it is crucial to understand that Christian nationalism is not an ideology that any Christian self-proclaims to be a member of. Instead, it is a term that has been fabricated by those who oppose Christianity, intending to isolate, polarize, and ostracize believers.

The 10-to-4 Problem: What Rimfire Teaches That Centerfire Hides

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At distances out to 100 yards, the differences between rimfire and centerfire aren’t subtle—they are foundational. A .22 LR match round leaves the muzzle at roughly 1050 feet per second, already flirting with the sound barrier and quickly settling into subsonic flight. Compare that to a typical centerfire round—say a .308—moving at nearly three times that speed, carrying significantly higher ballistic efficiency, and backed by a rigid, jacketed bullet designed to punch through the air rather than cooperate with it.

TSSA: $10 Billion for Airports, $0 for Kids: America’s Backward Security Priorities

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There’s a quiet absurdity baked into modern America, and like most absurdities, we’ve lived with it so long we stopped questioning it. Every day, the federal government spends billions protecting people who fly occasionally—while leaving tens of millions of children sitting in classrooms with wildly inconsistent security. Let that sink in. We’ve normalized a system where you can’t bring a bottle of water through an airport without federal scrutiny, but your kid can walk into a school where security depends entirely on the zip code.

Cognitive Warfare: The Fight You’re Already In (Whether You Know It or Not)

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NATO didn’t invent cognitive warfare, but they did something important: they named it. And once you name something, you can’t pretend it isn’t there. Their definition isn’t wrapped in science fiction or Hollywood nonsense. It’s blunt. Cognitive warfare is about influencing or disrupting how people think in order to shape what they do. Not just soldiers, not just leaders—everyone. Entire populations. Allies, adversaries, and increasingly, your own backyard.

ICE: Ragbags with Badges… When Federal Authority Starts Looking Like a Yard Sale

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There’s a fine line between tactical flexibility and looking like you lost a bet at a surplus store—and right now, ICE is stumbling all over it. Let’s get something straight: uniforms are not about fashion. They’re not about vanity. They are about authority, discipline, and instant recognition. A uniform says, without a word, this person represents the state, is accountable to it, and operates under a standard.

Why TSA Is Security Theater Stupidity on Repeat

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The Transportation Security Administration was born in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks—a moment of national trauma where speed mattered more than strategy, and action mattered more than accuracy. That’s understandable. What’s not understandable is why we’re still running the same playbook a quarter century later like nothing has changed.

This Time We’re Smarter: The Most Dangerous Lie Every Generation Tells Itself

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Every few generations, a fresh batch of true believers shows up convinced they’ve cracked the code that baffled every civilization before them. Not tweaked it. Not improved it. Solved it. Permanently. The pitch is always the same—just with better branding, cleaner fonts, and a heavy dose of moral certainty.

The Fragile Grid: Powered by Electricity, Dependent on Foreign Steel

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We all love electricity. Flip the switch, lights come on. Coffee maker fires up. Wi-Fi router blinks happily. Data centers hum. Teslas charge. Life is good. Modern civilization runs on electricity the way the human body runs on oxygen. The only time people think about the electrical grid is when it fails—and then suddenly everyone becomes an expert on transformers, substations, and utility companies. But here’s a fun little detail almost nobody knows: the entire grid quietly depends on a specialized material most Americans have never heard of.