Looking back, it seems strange that we ever expected truth to survive here. Not because Zimbabwe is uniquely cursed, no, but because we kept insisting that honesty could flourish in a place where every incentive favoured its opposite. Perhaps one day, when someone brave enough attempts to record our era with any sincerity, they will probably observe that the death of truth was not sudden. … Continue reading The Last Honest Word in Zimbabwe
For months, US President Donald Trump has insisted his administration’s campaign in Venezuela is a counter-narcotics mission. Washington’s talking points lean heavily on the fentanyl crisis, the need for decisive action, the dangers of “transnational criminal networks.” Yet the U.S. State Department’s own 2025 report names Mexico and China as the only significant fentanyl sources affecting the United States. The document is explicit. The drug … Continue reading The New Monroe Doctrine: How Washington Is Rewriting Sovereignty in the Age of Resource Politics
If you were to trace the arc of U.S.–Venezuela relations, the current drama unfolding over the Caribbean skies does not appear as an isolated provocation. It resembles the final bead on a long, heavy necklace of misunderstandings, miscalculations, and ambitions stretching back more than a century. The decision by former President Donald J. Trump in yesterday to declare Venezuelan airspace “closed” may be dramatic, but it is also profoundly familiar in the long history of Washington’s entanglements with nations whose strategic value has been measured in barrels, borders, and ideology.
Continue reading “A Century of Intervention: How U.S.–Venezuela Relations Slowly Boiled Into the 2025 Airspace Standoff”
The arrival of a new currency is always a public event, but it is rarely only about economics. The ZiG entered Zimbabwe’s daily life with a mixture of curiosity, caution and quiet fatigue. People lined up at banks. Others waited to see if shop prices would move. Most simply kept using whatever currency they trusted. A new note in a wallet can feel hopeful. It can also feel like an echo of things the country would rather forget.
Zimbabwe’s latest fiscal idea arrives with a simple promise: from January 2026, banks and mobile money operators will withhold fifteen percent on payments made to offshore digital platforms. It is meant to close a gap. The argument is that subscription fees and platform commissions stream out of the country without passing through the tax net, and the Treasury sees an opportunity to capture what has long slipped by.
I’ve finally concluded there’s something suspicious about the human brain. During the day, mine can barely manage basic tasks. Ask me what I ate yesterday, I mostly have no idea. Ask me where I left my charger and I’ll only find it when I get a new one. My brain operates like a lazy intern: shows up late, does the bare minimum, takes long breaks. … Continue reading My Brain at 3AM Is a Dangerous Place
US President Donald Trump says Saudi Arabia’s crown prince knew nothing about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, which is an incredible thing to say with a straight face. It’s like insisting the sun had nothing to do with daylight. And he didn’t whisper it in some hallway. He said it in the Oval Office. The room where people pretend to be serious even when they’re … Continue reading Oval Office Deals and Dismembered Journalists
Women learn early that wanting something is a liability. Men learn that taking something is negotiable. That is the opening lesson, delivered without ceremony, reinforced without pause.
Continue reading “On The Arithmetic of Shame”
People don’t form opinions anymore. They subscribe to them.Thinking is work, and work is out of fashion. Everyone wants ideas prepackaged and ready to post.The modern mind doesn’t chew anymore. It swallow everything and excretes is like worthless shit. Beliefs are now like streaming services: cancel anytime, no effort required. Once, thought was rebellion. Now it’s repetition.People mistake noise for nuance. They think conviction is … Continue reading On The Laziness of Thought
Truth doesn’t set you free. It just sets you apart.
People say they love honesty, but what they really love is reassurance wearing honesty’s clothes.
Lies have manners. Truth doesn’t even knock.
Zealous Thierry 