America

Immigration: Trump-style remigration

November 29, 2025 2:54 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Like him or loathe him, question his inconsistencies and his many other flaws, but in my personal view, Donald Trump’s... View Article

Politics: right on right?

September 13, 2025 2:36 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

As part of my daily reminder not to pontificate over matters of which I know little (or next to nothing),... View Article

Politics: sins of the Left

September 12, 2025 3:46 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Know him or not, the murder of Charlie Kirk seems to be having reverberations throughout the world and, with the... View Article

Middle East: a 12-day war?

June 24, 2025 3:23 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

If, as they indicated right from the start of Operation Rising Lion, the Israelis had a defined but limited objective... View Article

Politics: a breath of fresh air

February 15, 2025 3:03 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

When US vice-president J D Vance took to the stage at the Munich Security Conference yesterday, the magazine Foreign Policy... View Article

Immigration: Trump’s plans

November 10, 2024 2:12 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Whatever one’s views of Donald Trump, it is highly encouraging to see that he is already powering ahead to make... View Article

Politics: polls apart

November 7, 2024 3:02 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Now it’s over bar the shouting, one of the more interesting things to emerge from the US presidential election is... View Article

Politics: the US swamp

November 5, 2024 2:57 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The Nigerian was picking her shadow cabinet yesterday, an event of very little importance. As a rule, shadow ministers have... View Article

Politics: many a true word…

July 17, 2024 2:39 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Although some of the Twitterati are treating Vance’s comments on the UK as an Islamic country as a joke, that’s... View Article

Chauvin trial: an American milestone?

April 21, 2021 2:03 pm Published by Pete North Post a Comment

George Floyd was a man of poor character and his death was no great loss to humanity. During an arrest... View Article

Wokeness: echoes of East Germany

January 22, 2021 5:21 pm Published by Pete North Post a Comment

What have the woke left and the East German secret police got in common? Quite a lot as it happens... View Article

Dark days ahead for the beacon of democracy

January 21, 2021 12:28 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

I do despair at some of you. Yes, Donald Trump was a walking trainwreck of a man who often raised... View Article

Biden will serve the enemies of freedom

January 20, 2021 1:45 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

I’ve had people telling me in the comments that my concerns about the Biden administration are unfounded. I am told... View Article

BBC coverage of America matches their Brexit output. Useless.

January 20, 2021 12:44 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

Though Turbulent Times generally regards American politics as a noisy distraction it’s still worth keeping tabs on – not least... View Article

America: drifting toward dictatorship

January 18, 2021 1:46 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

More is coming to light on the disturbances at Capitol Hill in early January. The extent of Donald Trump’s complicity... View Article

America’s death rattle

January 14, 2021 10:28 am Published by Pete North Post a Comment

A while back I happened upon a TV series called Luke Cage. I forget the premise but it’s a vigilante... View Article