The Pilgrim Underground

https://www.euractiv.com/section/defence/news/italian-defence-minister-questions-relevance-of-nato/ Meloni has one face for Brussels and Was...

https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/04/how-bob-parry-covered-odessa-fire-that-sparked-a-war/ This is not only a mostly forgotten episode but ...

There's so much that could be said right now about events in the Middle East and the conflict between Israel and Iran and the potential ...

https://newrepublic.com/post/195266/mike-johnson-donald-trump-defense-corruption This story from May is already outdated but the substance i...

https://churchleaders.com/news/510090-anti-christian-bias-task-force-religious-discrimination.html This so-called 'Anti-Christian Bias ...

https://evangelicalfocus.com/europe/30816/rearm-europe-evangelical-leaders-in-four-countries-express-their-convictions One might wish that E...

https://cne.news/article/1753-giorgia-meloni-woman-mother-and-christian This article proudly proclaims Meloni's roots and ties to the MS...

https://theaquilareport.com/christians-stop-calling-them-monsters/ This was a bit of a frustrating read. Marion is correct in sa...

I am hardly alone in following the coverage of the Trump-Musk schism which as of this writing continues to escalate. The media tends to focu...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpPRkyXrBd0 Jeffrey Sachs is something of a rising star when it comes to commentary on Trumpian economics bu...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/24/ecuadors-daniel-noboa-sworn-in-for-full-term-promising-a-crackdown-on-gangs https://www.theguardian...

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/the-fall-of-phnom-penh-the-left-has-a-short-memory/ Lately, I've been reading a l...

I was asked to comment about Josh Buice and the scandal surrounding him. G3 Ministries is one of the big names in New Calvinism - even thoug...

I caught a few minutes of the Family Life Network's (FLN) news segment the other day and I was struck by how fuzzy the line gets between...

https://cne.news/article/4508-rene-breuel-bringing-the-gospel-and-pizza-to-post-catholic-italy I all but immediately shut down when I see ...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-tells-walmart-eat-tariffs-instead-raising-prices-2025-05-17/ Trump wants Wal-Mart to 'eat' t...

While reading coverage of the Romanian election (with the second round slated to take place on 18 May), I was absolutely floored reading thi...

https://www.creators.com/read/judge-napolitano/04/25/taking-easter-seriously-78f98 Napolitano would have us take Easter seriously and then p...

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/syria-assad-hts-china-future/ https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3291393/s...

It's been more than a month since the Signal Group Chat scandal broke. This Politico piece from the end of March is dated but still rele...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MqvIddYMMEk This video 'short' appeared on the NPR website promoting a podcast. The clip is only ab...

I happened to catch some Newsmax on a recent night and couldn't help but grin listening to the commentators drone on about the surveilla...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/erik-prince-trump-immigration-enforcement I suppose this article got little attention in C...

https://theworld.org/segments/2025/03/28/study-high-levels-of-uranium-and-lead-found-in-bones-of-iraqis-linked-to-conflict As expected PRI...

https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/21/vijay-prashad-brics-industrial-development/ I found Prashad's comments which suggested a compari...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/richard-secord-retired-air-force-155848925.html For those of us who remember the Iran-Contra Scandal and follow...

https://theaquilareport.com/is-america-part-of-christendom/ There seems to be virtually an endless stream of articles like this - trying t...

I was in a coffee shop and noticed a copy of the Sunday edition (13 April 2025) of the New York Times. While perusing it, I came across a la...

https://julieroys.com/aaron-renn-might-be-right-christians-face-negative-world-but-is-it-new/ After months of hearing on the radio and fro...

https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-johnson-evangelical-pastor-steve-berger-roommates Given Berger's penchant and drive for Domini...

https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/07/medhurst-detained-by-austrian-police-accused-of-being-hamas-member-uk-investigation-against-him-extend...

Listening to American Family Radio (AFR) in March, I caught a story about Ramadan fast-breaking being held at Windsor Castle. As expected th...

https://archive.is/EQ0TJ I heard one Chinese analyst speak truthfully - the end-game of these tariffs is war. Hopefully a 'deal' c...

https://religionnews.com/2025/03/10/defunded-evangelical-aid-groups-are-reaping-what-the-religious-right-sowed/ I'm sure many readers ...

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/in-manila-u-s-defense-secretary-commits-to-protecting-philippines Marcos has committed his coun...

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5341420/syrias-transitional-leader-is-a-former-jihadist-can-he-help-stabilize-the-region This intervie...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derna_dam_collapses https://www.declassifieduk.org/why-the-media-arent-telling-the-whole-story-of-libyas-floo...

https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Do-the-Chinese-really-want-Siberia-62318.html https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3654427-does-china-...

I was recently spending some time with an older man from a nearby town that I've known for many years. I've mentioned him before in ...

https://www.trex-arms.com/ I was looking at the website of one of Scott Brown's upcoming conferences on Christian Entrepreneurship. It...

The battle continues over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The courts in some cases resist the attempts to shut it down - in...

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/cnn-reporter-clarissa-wards-on-air-liberation-of-syrian-prisoner-exposed-as-fraud/ This story broke in...

The other day I was working within range of the American Family Radio (AFR) signal and I caught some of Todd Herman's show. He suggested...

https://www.politico.eu/article/giorgia-melonis-italy-judges-viktor-orban-hungary-albania-rome-court-russia-war-ukraine/ Meloni's poli...

https://www.saintstephenslutheranchurch.org/single-post/2019/08/14/where-does-religion-come-from Virtually every time I turn on NPR there...

https://www.patriotacademy.com/the-patriot-experience/ I am sorry to report that I have found this filth being promoted on Christian websit...

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5307022/jesus-wept-author-chronicles-the-debates-roiling-the-catholic-church I'm afraid this episo...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/09/takeshi-ebisawa-yakuza-leader-nuclear-materials-myanmar This story is fascinating on several...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/19/graham-military-action-iran-nuclear-program-00199181 This story has almost been lost in the flurry...

https://calthomas.com/2025/02/whom-to-blame-for-the-crisis/ Unfortunately I must report that Cal Thomas is still producing commentaries an...

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/donald-trump-and-the-new-world-order-the-end-of-the-west-a-b71fa1bd-6147-47a4-8738-5c17eff44a55 ...

https://www.christianpost.com/voices/daniel-penny-vigilante-racist-jesus-good-samaritan.html In the flurry of recent news this story has a...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/christian-nationalists-are-swooning-over-jd-vances-remarks-on-fox-news/ Contemporary Dominioni...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/trump-pete-hegseth-extremism Hegseth first appeared on my radar under the first Trump admi...

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/g-s1-48112/john-bolton-greenland-national-security I've been touching on this lately - but here's a...

https://americanreformer.org/2024/12/what-is-happening-in-germany/ This article typifies the misunderstanding on the part of the American ...

We all knew that Trump was going to tear NATO apart. After less than a month in office the process has already begun in earnest. I watched c...

https://web.archive.org/web/20180615140225/https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/right-wing-celebrities-play-fast-and-loose-with-...

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/wikileaks-reveals-us-spent-4726m-to-promote-covert-censorship-media-control-through-ngo/3476741 This lin...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/10/white-victimhood-to-g20-whats-behind-trumps-attacks-on-south-africa The Trump administration has ...