The Pilgrim Underground

After forcing myself to listen to the local Evangelical station, I was again struck by the constant refrain found in the latest CCM songs - ...

https://www.htpctampa.org/pro-rege-speakers/       This conference is For the King we're told and yet what king we wonder?

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/20/the-origins-of-anonymous-and-the-private-intelligence-complex-w-barrett-brown/ I found this intervie...

https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2025/09/afghanistan-water-supply-central-asia    Generally speaking I'm not a ...

Returning home on Saturday evening, I was just north of Pittsburgh and saw diesel had crossed the $7 a gallon threshold. Regular gas (petrol...

Readers don't need me to tell them that the Lindsay Clancy case has exploded into controversy and has (like everything else) been politi...

https://www.creators.com/read/erick-erickson/08/26/our-broken-trust My local newspaper often features columns by Erick Erickson and what...

https://www.euractiv.com/news/armenia-to-start-eu-bid-in-near-future/     The struggle over Armenia and the Caucasus continues. The region...

https://www.politico.eu/article/americas-democratic-slide-is-becoming-europes-problem/ This article is primarily of interest in that it cou...

https://strategicspace.nbr.org/strategic-spaces-of-the-sino-nepali-borderlands-making-and-breaking-trans-himalayan-trade-relations/ https:/...

https://consortiumnews.com/2026/07/15/an-indoctrination-plan-for-us-schools/ I remember when I first encountered PragerU and its videos. I ...

https://www.asianews.it/en/east-asia/china/fifty-years-after-mao-s-death-what-s-left-of-him-in-china Though you aren't likely to hear ...

https://oldlife.org/2026/08/31/does-aaron-renn-really-think-elites-will-save-us/ Hart sounds the warning here and I greatly appreciate it. ...

https://www.politico.eu/article/afd-vox-mingle-with-ex-us-border-patrol-chief-white-nationalist-leader-at-remigration-summit/ https://first...

https://www.politico.eu/article/former-neo-nazi-activists-germany-far-right-ulrich-siegmund/ In less than a week, Saxony-Anhalt will likely...

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/26/nx-s1-5943289/electric-bills-summer-heat-oklahoma-power Are these exorbitantly high electric bills simply a ...

I had no intention to offer any comment on the death of Dolly Parton, a subject I deem to be a waste of time. However, the Christian communi...

https://zacharyconover.substack.com/p/the-lie-behind-all-truth-is-gods    In a time when Evangelicals are speaking in materialist terms ...

https://www.christiandaily.com/news/austrian-church-to-broadcast-pop-style-worship-service-live-on-national-tv         Some will celebrate t...

https://natowatch.org/default/2026/shape-shifting-nato-keeps-transatlantic-arms-flowing-loyalty-alms-us-president     This article provide...

https://www.euractiv.com/news/meloni-and-frederiksen-urge-protection-of-europes-christian-heritage/ This exemplifies the kind of power Melo...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/samuel-alito-oil-gas-assets-supreme-court-analysis I remember listening to the confirmation...

This arrived in my inbox the other day. See additional comments below..... America 250 in Philadelphia! October 13-16 Join us on a VCY /...

I really object to the notion that 'legislation' feminized the Church. The connected issue (if one accepts their assumptions) is not...

https://agendaweekly.com/the-war-to-destroy-the-family-and-feminize-the-church-with-scott-brown/       I was disappointed but not surprised ...

https://firstthings.com/no-faith-worth-defending/ Trueman continues to baffle me. I once appreciated this man and considered him to be rath...

https://diakrisis-project.com/2026/06/29/christian-violence-the-ultimate-oxymoron-by-a-pastor-who-so-many-think-is-a-hero/ This article is ...

https://smallwarsjournal.com/2024/12/19/how-memoirs-by-american-officials/ This article provides a quick summary of the facts connected to ...

https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/evo-morales-to-the-grayzone-the-people? I was not surprised to learn that a plot was in the works to kid...

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-orderly-us-military-drawdown-alice-rufo/    It needs to be remembered that Politico is explicitly...

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-countries-eye-setting-up-migrant-return-hubs-in-rwanda-and-uzbekistan/ The UK plan to outsource its immi...

https://banneroftruth.org/us/reports/obituaries/2026/paul-helm-1940-2025/ Given that Helm died last December and the fact that this is only...

https://www.facebook.com/reachjulieroys/posts/latino-evangelical-christians-are-celebrating-the-us-capture-of-venezuelas-nicol/1442902880524...

https://ministrywatch.com/mclean-bible-church-lawsuit-lives-on/ This sort of article both frustrates and baffles me. Everyone claims to fol...

https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/02/von-der-leyen-unveils-major-eu-support-initiatives-in-strategic-trip-to-armenia Given Armenia's rec...

https://apnews.com/article/central-european-leaders-meet-hungary-visegrad-summit-f0171d43c8aa5fbd2f285e42dffae190 This certainly caught my ...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/24/cory-doctorow-on-elon-musk-ai-bubble-bosses-cruel-fantasies This AI-related article is m...

https://rootedthinking.com/2026/04/09/did-god-call-me-to-my-work-is-calling-a-christian-notion/ There's some good balance in this artic...

https://evangelicalfocus.com/europe/35103/patriarch-kirill-has-built-a-theological-architecture-built-to-sanctify-aggression It would seem ...

https://www.evangelical-times.org/as-nigel-farage-surges-in-the-polls-is-immigration-a-christian-issue/       Generally speaking I have no...

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/10/sove-j10.html This WSWS article expresses something my household has noted for some time - the ...

The political Right on both sides of the pond will celebrate the fall of Keir Starmer. And while his fall marks no great sea change, the Rig...

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/28/wood-n28.html Given Gordon Wood's recent death (1933-2026), I thought it worth revisiting h...

https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/spains-pm-sanchez-calls-for-eu-army-stronger-global-role Donald Trump hates the centre-left Spanish...

https://www.trtworld.com/article/e176f6eb7b05  This TRT article caught my eye because while it seems to justify Right-wing narratives...

https://theaquilareport.com/a-consideration-of-certain-of-the-pope-of-romes-remarks-on-palm-sunday/ I both agree and disagree with Hervey re...

https://www.globalpublishingpartners.com/unholy-alliance-michael-youssef American Family Radio continues to push the Great Replacement theor...

https://www.pbs.org/video/crackdown-on-christians-1761415813/ Sadly this reporting reveals a direct correlation between American geopolitica...

https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-silvio-berlusconi-bunga-bunga-scandal-giorgia-meloni-carlo-nordio-pardon/ Meloni's Brothers of It...

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/20/cuba_raul_castro_peter_kornbluh https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/the-us-indicted-raul-castro-for-d...

https://calthomas.com/2026/05/to-the-complainers/ Readers will know I do not hold Cal Thomas in high regard but I do remain frequently baff...

https://www.euractiv.com/news/taliban-envoy-abdul-qahar-balkhi-to-lead-delegation-to-brussels/ The Taliban does not want to do business wit...

https://www.christiandaily.com/news/thousands-respond-to-franklin-graham-s-gospel-message-at-historic-belarus-evangelical-festival Some wil...

I happened to catch Paul Batura from Focus on the Family being interviewed in reference to Memorial Day and he insisted that the whole '...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr7kiIO0Y0w American Evangelicals celebrated Trump reading the Bible in one of their latest propaganda effo...

https://churchandfamilylife.com/events/69c40801815349696337c4c8 This conference brochure arrived in my inbox and I was taken aback by the n...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXQQKcHRgnA There have been numerous commentaries regarding the recent Trump-Xi meetings in Beijing. Some in...

https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court There are enough stories like this to fill a book shelf. Christi...

https://ministrywatch.com/st-andrews-chapel-salaries-well-above-median-salary-in-the-region This report matters because these are 'resp...

I was eager to pick up Matthew Avery Sutton's ' Double Crossed: The Missionaries Who Spied for the United States During the Second W...