Once again, the remarkable revival of interest in anthropologist Peter Frost’s 2015 column regarding the relationships challenges faced by today’s single young men has kept the piece at the top of our traffic rankings, an extremely unusual state of affairs.  Most webzines that have been in existence for decades probably derive a substantial portion of their continuing traffic from longtime favorites, which have heavily entrenched themselves in the Google rankings, and our publication is apparently starting to experience similar effects.

Placing a very strong second was John Wear’s lengthy analysis of the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe, arguing that Germany’s 1939 attack on Poland was far less unwarranted than is suggested in our mainstream narrative, and indeed was largely due to the highly provocative policies of the Polish military dictatorship, spurred on by the serious diplomatic blunders of the British government.  Indeed, Hitler made every effort to regain the almost entirely German city of Danzig via a diplomatic solution before finally giving up and unleashing the dogs of war.  Unsurprisingly, this controversial thesis has already attracted more then 400 contentious comments, totaling nearly 60,000 words.

Ranking third was Israel Shamir’s discussion of the huge ongoing anti-PRC protests in Hong Kong, arguing that they partly represent the declining fortunes of the local “comprador” population, whose decades of benefits in serving British imperialism have now declined relative to the tremendous economic success of a newly prosperous China, and find it difficult to reconcile themselves with their reduced status.

Our fourth most popular featured article was Gilad Atzmon’s discussion of the broader implications of the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case, and what it reveals about the longstanding but often hidden misbehavior of organized Jewish groups in Western societies, often amounting to very high levels of criminality.  More than 300 comments, totaling over 40,000 words subsequently debated this thesis.

Placing fifth was Linh Dinh’s sketch of the history of one of his fellow Vietnamese-American friends, growing up in the San Jose area, but later spending much time back in Vietnam.

Finally, rounding out our more popular featured articles was Philip Giraldi’s focus on the enormous influence of the Israeli government and its Israel Lobby in American politics, with such “interference” being strangely ignored by so much of the American media.