by Isaac Cubillos | Dec 21, 2025 | Energy
An explainer on Venezuela, Iraq, and how a drug war quietly became something else This fight didn’t start as an argument about oil. It started, at least officially, as a war on drugs. For years, U.S. policy toward Venezuela was framed around narcotics trafficking,...
by Isaac Cubillos | Dec 16, 2025 | Journal
Every few years, Washington rediscovers the same stunt: if you can’t fix the border, pose next to it in uniform. This week’s version comes with a historical flourish. The administration has expanded use of the 1907 Roosevelt Reservation — a 60-foot strip of federal...
by Isaac Cubillos | Dec 15, 2025 | Journal
I’ve been writing about artificial intelligence long enough to know when the hype runs ahead of reality. This isn’t one of those moments. Microsoft’s decision to pour $7.5 billion Canadian dollars over the next two years—and $19 billion already invested since 2023...
by Isaac Cubillos | Dec 10, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
There’s a strange thing happening in America right now: the National Guard can be on your city street one week, pulled back by a federal judge the next, then restored by an appeals court the week after that — all without the Supreme Court weighing in on what the...
by Isaac Cubillos | Dec 9, 2025 | Journal
The USS Nimitz pulled into San Diego this past Sunday — one last stop before she heads north to Bremerton, Washington, to wrap up her final deployment. Early next year, she’ll depart for good, beginning the long walk toward decommissioning. After fifty years, the old...
