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Author Archives: Richard Fernandez

Second Anniversary

New at the Belmont Club. The long war in Ukraine. The second anniversary of what pundits reckoned would last two weeks.

Posted byRichard FernandezFebruary 24, 2024February 24, 2024Posted inUncategorized

The Lure of the Perfect

My latest at PJMedia VIP. Everyone should want World Government to fix Climate Change and to obtain Global Justice, right? That’s what all the visionaries tell us. But nothing could be more dangerous.

Posted byRichard FernandezFebruary 21, 2024February 21, 2024Posted inUncategorized

America Version 2

New at the Belmont Club. The end of history won’t last forever. But will America risk creating the successor to its own unipolar moment?

Posted byRichard FernandezFebruary 16, 2024February 16, 2024Posted inUncategorized

The Type 1 Civilization

My latest at The Pipeline. Our planetary elite’s appetite to impose order on an unruly public and nature will require vast amounts of energy. So much that they may wind up heating the planet in order to cool it.

Posted byRichard FernandezFebruary 16, 2024February 16, 2024Posted inUncategorized

Waiting for the Election

My latest at PJMedia VIP. The world of 2024 is a collection of crisis tribes waiting for a sign, sure something big is coming though nobody knows what it is. On the day of the Big Reveal, which unusual person do you prefer in the Oval Office?

Posted byRichard FernandezFebruary 13, 2024February 13, 2024Posted inUncategorized

Who Wins a Slapping Contest?

My latest at PJMedia VIP. When the goal of White House policy is not to cross Iran’s Red Lines even when they cross yours, winning and losing become slippery concepts.

Posted byRichard FernandezJanuary 30, 2024January 30, 2024Posted inUncategorized

Bird Box

New at the Belmont Club. The media debates whether it is safe to broadcast live coverage of Donald Trump, lest unsuspecting viewers be poisoned by his raw speech.

Posted byRichard FernandezJanuary 24, 2024January 24, 2024Posted inUncategorized

The Power of Bad Luck

My latest at PJMedia VIP. In late 2021 Joe Biden told the UN: “as I stand here today, for the first time in 20 years the United States is not at war.” Then it began to fall apart.

Posted byRichard FernandezJanuary 21, 2024January 21, 2024Posted inUncategorized

The End of Control

Half a decade ago the trustees of the future were confidently planning the global tomorrow. Then pandemic, war and deglobalization covered the crystal ball with mystery. 2024 may reveal what’s ahead. My latest at The Pipeline.

Posted byRichard FernandezJanuary 18, 2024January 18, 2024Posted inUncategorized

Tomorrow Beats Today

New at the Belmont Club. Nothing is more real than the inevitable future. What’s going to happen is more important than what’s happening.

Posted byRichard FernandezJanuary 14, 2024January 14, 2024Posted inUncategorized

Endless Bummer

My latest at PJMedia VIP. When wars can be created but not destroyed.

Posted byRichard FernandezJanuary 13, 2024January 13, 2024Posted inUncategorized

Follow the Power

New at the Belmont Club: How Does One Decode the Strange Politics of Recent Years?

Posted byRichard FernandezJanuary 6, 2024January 6, 2024Posted inUncategorized

Ancient Regime

My latest at PJMedia VIP. Counting on a tomorrow that’s like yesterday. https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2024/01/04/living-in-the-past-n4925235

Posted byRichard FernandezJanuary 4, 2024January 4, 2024Posted inUncategorized

Judging Books By Their Covers

New at the Belmont Club. Crimes of Fashion. The media can make a star, but only God can make a gentleman.

Posted byRichard FernandezDecember 30, 2023December 30, 2023Posted inUncategorized

Gate of Grief

New at the Belmont Club: America’s guarantee of the sea is challenged from ashore by someone Joe Biden wants to be his friend.

Posted byRichard FernandezDecember 19, 2023December 19, 2023Posted inUncategorized

The State vs State of the Art

New at the Belmont Club. What will baby AI be when it grows up? Can bureaucrats regulate AI? Or are we doomed to race with China?

Posted byRichard FernandezDecember 8, 2023December 8, 2023Posted inUncategorized

Confusion Abroad, Confusion at Home

My latest at PJMedia VIP. Joe Biden promised to return the world to the way it was and nothing was ever the same again.

Posted byRichard FernandezDecember 5, 2023December 5, 2023Posted inUncategorized

The More Things Change …

My latest at The Pipeline. The bioengineering lengths to which environmentalists will go to keep the planet the way it is.

Posted byRichard FernandezNovember 21, 2023November 21, 2023Posted inUncategorized

Crazy Is Real

New at the Belmont Club. We presume rational actors in a world that is often insane.

Posted byRichard FernandezNovember 16, 2023November 16, 2023Posted inUncategorized

Whoops. Gone.

My latest at PJMedia VIP. When the Obama future becomes obsolete before it ever happens.

Posted byRichard FernandezNovember 12, 2023November 12, 2023Posted inUncategorized

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