Author Archives: Clark Barnes

There are days when I wonder what history will call this time. A breakdown. A coup. A slow-motion collapse. Will it remember those of us that pushed back, that stood up and said “not today, not on my watch”? Or will it focus on those that deep down knew they were on the wrong sideContinue reading “National Dominance It is the Last Firewall Against Unchecked Power”

Today, millions of Americans say that they believe that the United States is on the verge of a major economic collapse and will soon be entering another Great Depression. But only a small percentage of those same people are prepared for that to happen. The sad truth is that the vast majority of Americans wouldContinue reading “72% of Americans are worried about a recession happening within the next year… People may end up calling this the Greater Depression”

I’d been hearing the word “resilience” everywhere these past few months: on panels, in mission statements, in board retreats, staff meetings, and strategy decks. And I started to feel uneasy. Because while the word was being used constantly, it was often deployed like a mantra—vague, moralizing, strangely empty. Something you’re supposed to have. Something you’reContinue reading “What I Learned While Tracing Resilience Across Time—and How Leaders Can Put It Into Practice”

Governments exist either because they have come to power through force and violence or they have been elected and given power by the people. The force and violence crowd usually have their roots in the military and we like to call them Dictators. There have been a ton of them throughout history; Hitler, Stalin, Mao,Continue reading “Dictators Don’t Care About the People and Usually Kill Anyone Who Gets in Their Way.”

Since 2020 the nation has gone through some radical changes. There are more people prepping now than ever before. That should tell you just how much has changed in such a short time in our nation. While the federal government is working to figure out this moment in history, state level governance is stepping in,Continue reading “All Fifty States Threat Report”

The war in Ukraine (2022–present) brutally reminded the world that modern life can shatter overnight. One day you have running water, electricity, and a safe home; the next, you’re melting snow for drinking water and huddling in a basement as missiles fall. Ordinary civilians in Ukraine—families in Kyiv high-rises, neighbors in rural villages—were thrust intoContinue reading “Lessons Learned from the Ukraine War About Civilian Survival”

This article was first posted in 2022 but recently updated. For those of us who study propaganda critically, and seek to do this all-important work as public intellectuals, these last two years have been uniquely challenging, and even dangerous, forcing us into a painful double bind. On the one hand, we have never had soContinue reading “Only When We Know What Propaganda Is, And How It Works, Will We Be Free to Live Our Lives and Rule Ourselves”