“A note to readers.”
A year’s publication draws near. As The Scrum prepares to mark its first anniversary as an independent publication on Substack, we look back with measured satisfaction (though no hint of complacency) and forward to another year of work readers will find worthwhile….
“Weak minds.”
Oligarchs and their scapegoats. This is the second of a two-part series on the causes of America’s decline—economic, industrial, social, spiritual—and two prominent intellectuals who address themselves to remedies. Part 1 can be found here. From secrecy and deception in high…
“The force of historical decline.”
Is America capable of self-correction? This is the first of a two-part series on the causes of America’s decline—economic, industrial, social, spiritual—and on the thinking of two prominent intellectuals who address themselves to remedies. I do not believe that civilizations…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Instead of a Free Press
In the failed corporate coverage of Steven Donziger and Julian Assange there is an imposition of darkness, ignorance inflicted on Americans with intent. Just before the weekend came news that Steven Donziger, the courageous attorney who fought Chevron and won…
“Economic war crimes.”
Kneecapping China seems the best Biden can do. This is the third of a three-part series on China and the West’s obsession with its emergence as a regional and global power. Part 1 can be read here and Part 2 here. Gina Raimondo,…
“Our China ‘diplomacy.'”
Incompetents in command. This is the second of a three-part series on China and the West’s obsession with its emergence as a regional and global power. Part 1 can be read here. Not one week after President Biden announced a…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Empire’s Last Stand
The origins of the first Cold War have been hopelessly blurred in the histories. We can watch this time. It is occurring before our eyes. In the early months of 1947, President Harry Truman and Dean Acheson, his secretary…
“A dreadful mess.”
Anatol Lieven on Afghanistan. On Monday, 30 August at 3:29pm Eastern time, a C–17 took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul signaling the end of America’s longest war. It was a war that took the lives of 2,461…
“The age of Euro–American ascendancy is past.”
Sharmine Narwani talks to Chas Freeman. We are pleased to publish the following exchange between Sharmine Narwani and Chas Freeman. Narwani conducted her interview from Beirut via email on 22 and 23 August; Freeman was in Washington. It first appeared…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Psyops
The Deep State’s imperative to colonize independent media is now before us. Watch and listen, O you with open eyes and ears. The national security state’s long, very long campaign to control our press and broadcasters has taken a new…