Category: The Wide Angle

Why NYC Is Vulnerable to Another Terrorist Attack—Feat. Curtis Sliwa

“I ran down to the pit, which had become the world’s largest crematorium … Pictures do not do justice to the devastation, the carnage, the smell, the smoke, the fires, just humans running in and out like ants in an ant colony, desperately trying to find any remnants of life.” —Curtis Sliwa Curtis Sliwa founded…


Taliban Does Door-to-Door ‘Dissident’ Search; What Would China–Taliban Alliance Mean For US?

As we approach the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attack—the event that led to the War in Afghanistan—America projects a much-altered identity and faces a significantly altered geopolitical landscape. Communist China features with unprecedented prevalence in this reality. An opportunistic entity, the Chinese Communist Party appears readied, beyond all others, to ingratiate itself to the…


EXCLUSIVE: Former US Marine Captain Evacuating as Many as Possible as Aug. 31 Deadline Looms

Elliot Ackerman has served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as a U.S. Marine Corps officer and CIA officer. Over the past 10 days, he and his cohorts have unofficially evacuated around 200 people from Kabul airport. “We gave these people our word, that if they worked with us, we would stand shoulder to shoulder…


EXCLUSIVE: Kabul Woman Risks Life to Call for International Action

Farzana Kochai, member of the Afghan Parliament and activist, was a child when the Taliban last occupied Afghanistan. She remembers the ban on girls attending school and on women working, and women needing a chaperone if they wanted to go outside their homes. Kochai is now risking her life to speak out in order to…


What’s the Key US Error in Afghanistan Now and in History? Feat. US Marine Colonel (Ret.) Grant Newsham

This isn’t the first time that retired U.S. Marine Colonel and U.S. diplomat to the Asia Pacific, Grant Newsham, has seen America caught in a crisis like what’s unfolding in Afghanistan. It’s reminiscent of the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, when the Viet Cong capitalized on the withdrawal of U.S. contractors and other support for…


EXCLUSIVE: Kabul Reporter Tells of Airport Chaos and Strange Street Scenes Amid Taliban Takeover

Kabul-based reporter Ali Latifi says he goes out each day to the streets to face his fear and to show the Taliban, he’s “not going to stop living [his] life.” Afghanistan-born Latifi returned to live in Kabul from the United States in 2013. He now faces a very altered way of life in his birth…


Why Testing Your Immunity to COVID-19 is as Important as Vaccination—Feat. Dr. Hooman Noorchashm

Antibody testing is the gold standard for determining immunity, says immunologist and physician Dr. Hooman Norchashm. Yet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are actively deterring people from testing their immunity. Why? Additionally, the Delta variant of COVID-19 is currently being used by the government to explain the…


NYC: Vaccine Mandates May Help Slow Spread, but at What Cost?

Tuesday marks the official start of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Key to NYC” vaccine mandate. In theory, this puts restaurants, bars, gyms, and other venues off limits to the unvaccinated. To some, this is a welcome safeguard of their health; to others, it is a sign of expanding government control over their lives. Against the…


Under Police Siege for Leaking ‘Sensitive’ In-house Documents—Zach Vorhies

“And because things escalated … there were now two helicopters flying above my house. There was now the bomb squad, the FBI, the San Francisco Police Department.” The last thing Zach Vorhies expected when he landed his dream job as a YouTube senior software engineer was to eventually be besieged in his own apartment by…


What’s Next for NY Gov. Cuomo After Harassment Findings?—We Ask New Yorkers

Just days ago, NY Governor Cuomo defended himself against the state Attorney General’s findings that he has grossly harassed a number of female employees of New York State. There are now widespread calls for his resignation and impeachment. Cuomo says the allegations against him are based more or less on misunderstanding—whereby the women have misinterpreted…