by Isaac Cubillos | Oct 17, 2025 | Journal
China has imposed sanctions on several U.S.-linked affiliates of South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean, including the historic Philly Shipyard, in what U.S. officials are calling a blatant attempt to disrupt American-South Korean cooperation in shipbuilding and defense...
by Isaac Cubillos | Oct 14, 2025 | Journal
The Istanbul Bridge, a Chinese-owned Panamax container ship, just pulled off what many in the Pentagon used to call “science fiction.” It sailed from China to the UK — through the Arctic — and docked at Felixstowe on Oct. 13 after a 20-day run. That’s not a typo....
by Isaac Cubillos | Sep 21, 2025 | Journal
South Korea’s HD Hyundai says it wants in on American shipbuilding. That’s right: the world’s biggest shipbuilder, already running circles around us in commercial yards, is sniffing at buying a U.S. yard to feed President Trump’s new “revival” plan for American...
by Isaac Cubillos | Sep 17, 2025 | Journal
I commit the First Amendment every day. I write, I publish, I dissent. So do you. Every text, every post, every gripe at the bar is protected by the same amendment. That’s the deal in America: speech is speech. You don’t need a license. You don’t need permission. But...
by Isaac Cubillos | Sep 7, 2025 | Journal
Let’s not pretend we didn’t see this coming. If you’re just now waking up to the idea that the U.S. president can kill people overseas—even American citizens—with no trial, no charges, and no oversight … you’ve been asleep since the Clinton administration....
by Isaac Cubillos | Sep 6, 2025 | Journal
Well, look who just shook hands in the shipyard. Austal USA and Master Boat Builders out of Bayou La Batre are teaming up to do what the Pentagon hasn’t figured out in decades—build ships faster, better, and without the bureaucratic fog. The two companies signed what...
