How to Lose a Democracy in 10 Easy Steps
You know the Nazis. The gold standard of what happens when a bunch of angry, underemployed nationalists decide democracy is...
Rinse and Repeat
The Art of the Raw Deal: A Retrospective on Economic Self-Sabotage
Way back in history, there once was a man—let's call him The Tariff Whisperer. He had a flair for flamboyant...
Tariffs, Defaults, and Debt: A History of Bad Decisions
Today, we're diving into tariffs, the murky waters of governmental indecision, economic fiascos, and the uncanny ability of leaders to...
Rinse and Repeat – The Salem Witch Trials
(Krotchett.com) Ah, the Salem Witch Trials: one of the darker chapters of colonial America. The year was 1692, and the...
When Leadership is Just a Long, Loud Mistake
“The inmates are running the asylum.” A phrase so eerily fitting for today’s political landscape that you’d think it was...
Rinse and Repeat: The First Week Wrecking Ball
(Krotchett.com) Well, folks, let’s hop in the time machine and dial it back to the early 1800s. Picture this: a...
MAGA Mao: How Trump’s 2025 Crackdowns Echo China’s Dark Past
The Cultural Revolution—a ten-year joyride through ideological fanaticism, political purges, and the kind of paranoia that makes tinfoil hats look...
More Tariffs: The Economic Wrecking Ball
The favorite economic bludgeon of leaders who think trade is a zero-sum game and that slapping taxes on imports will...
Neville Chamberlain Walked So Trump Could Grovel
Appeasement—the fine British tradition of hoping dictators will behave if you just give them what they want. Neville Chamberlain practically...
Rinse and Repeat: The Death and Rebirth of Progress
Ah, yes. The grand American tradition of progress, followed swiftly by the equally grand American tradition of panicking about that...
Rinse and Repeat: The Art of Losing Nukes
In the grand tradition of American military blunders, where the stakes are nothing short of apocalyptic, few debacles have managed...
The Deportation Machine That Never Learns
(Krotchett.com) Deportations. America’s favorite recurring policy disaster. Like an aging rock band that just won’t quit touring, this country has...