Quill Sword Blogcast

Words can be great tools for good. They can also be great sources of confusion, especially in the political world. They don't have to be - we can use words as great tools for good so long as we use them well.

Republicans take the House. Might not be the victory we expected, but it's definitely a victory, nonetheless!

Hypothetical look at what happens if both China and Russia experience full governmental collapses. Hint: No nuclear war, sorry.

It only seems like a month. Results aren't in and no one really knows what to make of anything yet. Here's what little scoop we have:

It's too early to analyze the midterms because the results aren't in yet. Guessing isn't a good substitute, no matter what the Lame Stream media is doing right now.

China is being China in the worst way possible. 

Fussing and fighting, even when it seems pretty awful, doesn't mean we're polarized. America is still the centrist nation it has been for most of its existence. And that includes all the craziness and arguing.

Trump wins at small victory at the Supreme Court. But are Trump's tax records really what Congress should be investigating?

Russian Disarmament: Doing it the Hard Way

The Red Wave is fast becoming a red tsunami. Tsunamis aren't tame and can take down both parties, not just the one.

Modern polling is not what it should be. Today we cover the major issues in polling that make modern polling so unreliable.

Could we please not waste the money we have used to support Ukraine so far by doing something stupid in January, Libertarians and Former Libertarians?

It's always us when government by the people isn't working right. We have the power to get our government under control. When we decide to do it, that is.

Democrats have destroyed their own party. Republicans are not far behind. The Red Wave may take down both parties if Republicans can't get their party under control.

What is in Russia's best interest now? It's no longer a question of will Russia lose but how much it will lose even if Russia miraculously won the war. 

Not voting is a vote for the administration to keep doing things they way they are - or so administrations think. Voting is the best poll there is - don't miss out!

The reason we have freedom of speech is so we can talk to people. Don't be bullied into silence. Talk!

Lots of hype and fear in the news today. The reality is that while it's scary when nation-states fight, it isn't new or special. Today we talk about why it's okay to ignore Chicken Little. 

Russia has definitely mobilized but in all the wrong ways. What does this mean for the war and Russia's ability to fight it?

How likely is it that the United States sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines? We briefly examine the evidence. 

International tensions are at an all time high - if you are under forty. For the rest of us, we've seen this movie a few times before. Welcome to the real world - don't be scared but do wear your seatbelt!

The midterms are coming. Only now do the polls start to indicate what has been obvious since January - this is a very bad year to be a Democrat in Congress!

One government to rule them all sounds like a nice, simple solution. However, it's really a massive mess. 

Russia's mobilization may well be a game changer. The question is for whom?

Collapses of nation-states or political parties are traumatic but they are also sometimes very necessary. That doesn't make them painless.