After the failures of socialism—economically, historically, and ethically—the Left-liberal intellectuals, not wanting to abandon socialism, employed several new strategies. It has been suggested that these several manifestations can be subsumed under one general category—postmodernism. After a review of postmodern philosophy and philosophical influences, Stephen Hicks explains his central argument in Explaining Postmodernism: “Postmodernism is the academic far Left’s epistemological strategy for responding to the crisis caused by the failures of socialism in theory and in practice.” In other words, once socialism was discredited theoretically, economically (in several ways), historically, and ethically, those who were still ideologically committed to socialism despite its failures had to try to achieve socialism and central planning by appealing to other goals. One such strategy was the pursuit of egalitarianism (i.e. “equality”) between every disparate group, even between humans and the environment. Thus, the modern environmentalist movement—influenced by prior streams of thought—was born.

9 January 2026

JD Vance takes to victim blaming, saying that the murder of a mother of three by an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officer was a "tragedy of her own making." The 37-year-old mother of three was in her car and was shot point-blank by an ICE agent. She died instantly.

9 January 2026

Things are getting very tense in the Middle East.  The Islamic radicals who are ruling Iran believe that the United States and Israel intend to use the mass protests that have been going on for nearly two weeks to try to overthrow their regime.  

9 January 2026

As he placed his hand on the Koran, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the new mayor of New York City on a cold New Year’s Day, promising that “I was elected as a Democratic socialist and I will govern as a Democratic socialist. I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical.”

8 January 2026

The United States has announced that it is withdrawing from dozens of international bodies that no longer serve American interests. Some of these governing bodies include major United Nations and non-United Nations forums focused on climate, migration, social policy, peace, and democracy.

8 January 2026

On Tuesday, rulers in the United Kingdom and France said that they had signed a “declaration of intent” to deploy forces to Ukraine “in the event of a peace deal” with Moscow. Russia has repeatedly said that it categorically rejects any Western troop presence and that such a scenario would be a declaration of war.

8 January 2026

Scientists say that bats will be the most likely source of the next major epidemic. While a new study finds only a handful of bats have this potential, those that do can harbor a virus that will spread quickly in human beings.

8 January 2026

If the Russians launch an all-out nuclear attack on the United States tonight, will you live or will you die? Of course, I don’t think that the Russians will launch such an attack right now, but we live at a time when the threat of nuclear war is greater than ever.

8 January 2026

Early Saturday morning, after months of military buildup, strikes on boats, and verbal threats, US forces entered Venezuela on President Trump’s orders and captured President Nicolás Maduro.

7 January 2026

Current United States ruler, Donald Trump, has said that Minnesota governor Tim Walz has been caught "red-handed." Trump's comments come after Walz announced that he won’t run for reelection amid an alleged multi-billion fraud scheme involving the state’s daycare centers

7 January 2026