by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 16, 2025 | Journal
You know your empire is in trouble when your former warzone is offering to build your warships. At the 2025 Sea Air Space conference, South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries offered to help the U.S. Navy catch up to China—by building Aegis-equipped destroyers for us....
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 16, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
There’s a line we used to believe no one would cross. A line etched in moral clarity: You don’t come for the children. But that line’s been blurred. And now, it’s being crossed—in broad daylight. Last week, agents presumed to be from Homeland Security walked into two...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 15, 2025 | Journal
I remember school lunches the way you remember your first heartbreak—with equal parts nostalgia and indigestion. Back in the day, our cafeteria cooks had access to five-pound blocks of government cheese that came in plain brown cartons—USDA surplus with a side of...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 15, 2025 | Energy
Just yesterday, I told you “Drill, baby, drill” was dead. Now the International Energy Agency (IEA) just zipped the body bag. In its latest forecast, the IEA reports that global oil demand in 2025 will grow at its slowest rate in five years, and that U.S. oil...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 15, 2025 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
Some warnings are subtle.This wasn’t one of them. Walking into the Oval Office the president of El Salvador, Donald Trump reportedly made a statement so blunt, so authoritarian in tone, that it didn’t just cross a line—it erased it: “Homegrown are next.” Let that...
