2025: The Year They Killed Charlie Kirk, Denied Islamist Terror, and AI Got Scary Smart

By Philip C. Johnson   December 31, 2025   It’s that time again. The time when I look back on the year that was and try to make some sense of it. From the halls of Washington to the battlefields of Eastern Europe and the Middle East, 2025 was marked by bold policy overhauls, tragic … Continue reading 2025: The Year They Killed Charlie Kirk, Denied Islamist Terror, and AI Got Scary Smart

Kirk’s Assassination Aftermath: Hunt for the Killer, Online Hate, and Conspiracy Chaos

By Philip C. Johnson - September 12, 2025 (posted at 2:23 AM) On September 10, conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk, 31, was fatally shot in the neck by a sniper during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The shot, fired at 12:20 p.m. from roughly 200 yards, silenced Kirk mid-debate … Continue reading Kirk’s Assassination Aftermath: Hunt for the Killer, Online Hate, and Conspiracy Chaos

Are CIA-Adjacent Programs Grooming America’s Leaders?

By Philip C. Johnson - July 16, 2025 A Spark from American ThinkerLast week, a friend sent me an American Thinker article that’s been stuck in my head ever since. Titled “Zohran Mamdani Has All the Earmarks of Being Another Barack Obama,” written by Norman Krieg on July 4, 2025, it sparked questions about something … Continue reading Are CIA-Adjacent Programs Grooming America’s Leaders?

2025: QUARTER CENTURY REVIEW: PART 5

Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. January 1, 2025 For the past five days I have been taking a look at the major events of the last 25 years. If you missed the previous posts, click here (Part 1), here (Part 2), here (Part 3) and here (Part 4) In this final section, I will take a … Continue reading 2025: QUARTER CENTURY REVIEW: PART 5

2025: QUARTER CENTURY REVIEW: PART 3

Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. December 30, 2024 In these last few remaining days of 2024, I am taking a look at the major events of the last 25 years. If you missed the previous posts, click here (Part 1) and here (Part 2). In this section, I will take a look at the years 2010-2014.  2010: … Continue reading 2025: QUARTER CENTURY REVIEW: PART 3

Did We Miss a Nuclear War? The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Rumor

July 7, 2023 Philip C. Johnson If you woke up on July 6th and didn’t find yourself in the middle of a nuclear war, be thankful. Because the rumor was that on the night of July 5th, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine was going to be bombed, sending radiation and destruction on Ukraine, … Continue reading Did We Miss a Nuclear War? The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Rumor

AMERICA’S FOREIGN POLICY: Feeling Safe Yet?

Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. August 5, 2022 America’s foreign policy has always been a tricky thing, but the recent policy decisions of the current administration are downright unsettling. In addition to myriad domestic and social challenges like high gas prices, historic inflation, an open southern border, angst over abortion rights and aggressive transgender activism, our leaders … Continue reading AMERICA’S FOREIGN POLICY: Feeling Safe Yet?

Ukraine and Russia are at War, But that’s not the Real Story

March 24, 2022  Philip C. Johnson  The media, both mainstream and social, is filled with information about the current war between Russia and Ukraine. The media tells us that the entire world is against Russia, but that isn’t true. It is not even close to being true. In fact, the war itself, while tragic, is … Continue reading Ukraine and Russia are at War, But that’s not the Real Story

Al-Qaeda Fighters Join the War in Ukraine

March 16, 2022 Philip C. Johnson While the world worries that World War 3 could begin at any moment, it seems that the world has already decided to head to Ukraine to join the war effort.  There are lots of people heading to Ukraine at the behest of Ukrainian President Zelensky from a variety of … Continue reading Al-Qaeda Fighters Join the War in Ukraine

Russia vs. Ukraine: And the Winner is: CHINA

March 10, 2022 Philip C. Johnson Two weeks ago, Russia invaded, without provocation, a neighboring country. There’s no defending that. There is no way to spin it in Russia’s favor. The impact on Ukrainian citizens is unimaginable and all decent people should acknowledge how devastating war is.  Most Americans, in my experience, process global conflict … Continue reading Russia vs. Ukraine: And the Winner is: CHINA