• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

The iPINIONS Journal

Welcome! This is an unapologetic, agenda-free zone. Just commentaries on current events that’ll move you to think, laugh, rage, and even cry.

© Copyright 2005-2026 (Images appear pursuant to 17 U.S.C. sec 107)
  • Home
  • About
    • Contact
You are here: Home / Archives for 2025

Archives for 2025

Fortnum & Mason: Charles Returns to the Scene of the Bribe… as King

Friday, November 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
cartoon of Charles at Fortnum & Mason and returning as King

King Charles returned to Fortnum & Mason this week to celebrate his Coronation Food Project. Except this isn’t just any luxury grocer. It’s the same store whose iconic bags once delivered €3 million in Qatari cash to the then-Prince of Wales. Now he’s repurposing the scene of the grift as a symbol of royal benevolence.… Read more.

FacebookTweetEmail
Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Anti-Royalism, British Royals, Culture Commentary, Fortnum & Mason, King Charles III, politics, Royal Scandals

The Silence of the Celebrities (Like Michelle Obama) as Terrorists Kidnap More Nigerian Schoolgirls

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
More Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped and Michelle Obama holding #BringBackOurGirls placard.

Terrorists in Nigeria have kidnapped more schoolgirls… iPINIONS chastises celebrities, who once posed with hashtags demanding their return, for being silent now. Read my full take on Substack: Read more.

FacebookTweetEmail
Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Activism, Africa, Boko Haram, Girls’ Education, Hashtag Activism, human rights, Nigeria, terrorism

On South Africa, Nigeria, and Venezuela, Trump Makes George W. Bush Look Like George F. Kennan

Monday, November 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Images depicting Trump's dealing with South Africa, Nigeria, and Venezuela with image of Bush's Mission Accomplished

Trump’s foreign policy has become a grotesque mix of Musk’s ego, Fox’s fiction, and white grievance. iPINIONS chronicles who, from South Africa to Venezuela, it’s ignorance on parade and power without principle. What could go wrong… Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/on-foreign-policy-trump-makes-george Read more.

FacebookTweetEmail
Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: drone strikes, Elon Musk, foreign policy, Fox News, iPINIONS, Nigeria, PEPFAR, Project 2025, racism, South Africa, Trump, Venezuela, White Genocide Myth

Doomscrolling End of Times

Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
cartoon of child doomscrolling about end times

iPINIONS imagined the apocalypse would be cinematic; not something we’d scroll through between coffee and deadlines. Eliot said it more poetically, but Huxley depicted our brave new world more accurately. Read my quip on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/doomscrolling-end-of-times Read more.

FacebookTweetEmail
Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Digital Culture, doomscrolling, dystopia, End Times, iPINIONS, modern life, social media, Technology

Momager Kris’s 70th Shows Even Royals ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’

Friday, November 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Kardashians posing at 70th birthday party for momager Kris

Kris Jenner’s 70th birthday bash wasn’t just another celebrity party. iPINIONS contends it was a cultural coronation. From Oprah to the exiled Sussexes, even royals are keeping up. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/momager-kriss-70th-shows-even-royals Read more.

FacebookTweetEmail
Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: American culture, celebrity culture, Donald Trump, Kardashians, Kris Jenner, Meghan Markle, Modern Royalty, Pop Culture, Prince Harry, reality TV, social media

Shame on Olympian Adam Peaty for Being Ashamed of His Mother

Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Olympian Adam Peaty posing with his mother and fiancee

Adam Peaty once made Britain proud by conquering the pool. Now he’s making headlines for reportedly snubbing his own mother to marry into Gordon Ramsay’s wealthy clan. iPINIONS dives into the class shame and moral hypocrisy behind this Olympic-sized betrayal. See my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/shame-on-olympian-adam-peaty-for Read more.

FacebookTweetEmail
Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Adam Peaty, British class divide, celebrity weddings, family shame, Gordon Ramsay, iPINIONS commentary, nepo babies, Olympic athletes

Trump Honors Veterans Day by Planning His Own Ukraine-Style War in Venezuela

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump mobilizing military to attack Venezuela

Trump is marking Veterans Day by plotting his own Ukraine-style war in Venezuela. iPINIONS thinks this proves America’s folly isn’t failing to learn from history, but repeating it for ratings. See my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-honors-veterans-day-by-planning Read more.

FacebookTweetEmail
Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: foreign policy, Latin America, military, Putin, Trump, Venezuela, Veterans Day

Remembrance Day 2025

Monday, November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph in London

Every November we pin poppies to our lapels to remember the fallen. But as iPINIONS notes, remembrance should mean more than ceremony — it should extend to the living veterans who still wait for the honor we show once a year. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/remembrance-day-2025 Read more.

FacebookTweetEmail
Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Armistice Day, Black soldiers, In Flanders Fields, iPINIONS, poppies, Remembrance Day, UK, Veterans Day, War Memorials, World War I

Federal Workers Should Launch a Wildcat Strike to End Government Shutdown

Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump golfing while government remains shutdown

While federal workers go unpaid, Republicans play politics with their livelihoods. iPINIONS argues it’s time for a wildcat strike to end the government shutdown once and for all — a strike that would remind Washington that workers, not politicians, keep this country running. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/federal-workers-should-launch-a-wildcat Read more.

FacebookTweetEmail
Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Federal Workers, government shutdown, healthcare, iPINIONS, Labor, maga republicans, politics, Trump, unions

Philadelphia Art Museum: Art from Whites Only, Please — We’re MAGA Now

Friday, November 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Philadelphia Art Museum and director Sasha Suda

The Philadelphia Art Museum just fired CEO Sasha Suda for daring to make its walls look like the city it represents. iPINIONS decries how liberal pearls became MAGA hats in disguise — and why Philadelphia’s boardroom elitists now rhyme with Trump’s red-state culture wars. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/philadelphia-art-museum-art-from Read more.

FacebookTweetEmail
Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: DEI backlash, iPINIONS, liberal hypocrisy, limousine liberals, MAGA, museum diversity, Philadelphia Art Museum, Sasha Suda

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 24
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Anthony L. Hall headshot
Anthony L. Hall is the founding columnist of The iPINIONS Journal, where he’s published sharp, independent commentary on global affairs since 2005. Read more.

FOLLOW ME ON

Substack
Threads

MY BOOKS

All books available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other booksellers.

The iPINIONS Journal: 2020 in Real Time
Anthony Livingston Hall
Five Star Seal

Recent Articles

  • Trump Should Make Elon Fund His Ballroom and Jan 6 Payoffs
  • Trump Is Preventing Iran from Developing Nukes Like He Forced North Korea to Denuclearize. God Help Us.
  • Democratic Billionaires Stand By as Trump Persecutes His Political Enemies
  • Trump’s Cabinet Finds Pride and Joy in Collective Sycophancy
  • How Elizabeth Smart Reclaimed Her Body After Kidnapping and Abuse
  • Pope Leo Warns AI Is the New Tower of Babel … with Drones
  • Forget Iran Trump Says We Have Cuba on Our Mind
  • Trump Says Iran Deal Is Largely Negotiated. Groundhog Day in the Strait of Hormuz
  • From Vietnam to Ebola: When US Foreign Policy Kills
  • Don’t Say Happy Memorial Day. There Are 13 Gold Star Reasons Why

RSS Headlines

  • John Bolton Reaches Deal to Plead Guilty Over Classified Information
  • Early Research Suggests a Path to Predict and Prevent Lung Cancer
  • Melinda French Gates: Women, We Deserve Better Than This
  • Netflix’s New Movie Strategy: Fewer, Better Films
  • How LinkedIn Found Its Social Platform Era
  • Marjane Satrapi, the Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56
  • Trump Says He Plans to Nominate Blanche for Attorney General
  • Who’s Excited for SpaceX’s I.P.O.? Space Nerds.
  • Gwynne Shotwell, Elon Musk’s No. 2 at SpaceX, Is the Company’s Steady Hand
  • American Farms Rely More Than Ever on the Troubled H-2A Visa Program

Archives

  • 2026: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun
  • 2025: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2024: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2023: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2022: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2021: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2020: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2019: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2018: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2017: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2016: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2015: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2014: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2013: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2012: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2011: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2010: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2009: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2008: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2007: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2006: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
  • 2005: Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

Subscribe via Email


Powered by FeedBlitz

Copyright © 2026Secured by SiteCare