Stephen Green

"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" —attributed to King Henry II "Come see the violence inherent in the leftism." —Me, riffing on Monty Python all the time.

Two of the most powerful large language models in the world just got yanked from service, starting with a national security directive from the United States government during the Friday night news dump.

Want to find out how much money your congresscritter makes from insider trading? Ever been curious to see the correlation between bills, votes, big-money donations, and shockingly handsome investment returns?

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and a top advisor launched a mission to "Kill Musk's Twitter," and they might just do it — at least in the U.K. — in their pursuit of protecting children from wrongthink.

It seems impossible — or just too revolting — to keep up with the financial hanky-panky of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and First Partner (gag) Jennifer Siebel Newsom. But thanks to a couple of investigative reporters with stronger stomachs than I have, let's see if I can't put everything you need to know into one easily digestible column.

Exploring the moral and strategic impacts of AI killbots in modern warfare and drone combat.

When President Donald Trump ordered the start of Operation Epic Fury on February 28, like many people I assumed a brief air campaign to further degrade Iran's nuclear weapons program. The instigator was Iran's own negotiators, who boasted to Trump advisor Steve Witkoff that they had produced enough nuclear material for nearly a dozen weapons. All Tehran needed to do was make the final uranium enrichment step from 60% to 90%, then assemble the warheads.

Each week, the team at Countrytown finds the best new country songs to add to our weekly playlist, The Country Drop. Here's our picks released this week, June 19, 2026.

Something a little different this week for our Five O'Clock Somewhere VIPeeps. First, we finally have Jennifer Rust back on the. So that's awesome.

Wild Florida Man antics this week: beach chases, street racing, and more bizarre arrests.