BackgroundThe expansion of NATO to the Ukraine would recreate the military situation in the Eastern Front after the first Battle of Kiev in 1941, a major victory for the Wehrmacht which would subsequently lead to the unsuccessful assault on Moscow. The ensuing “Winter War” and the Soviet counterattack in December … Continue reading
Category Archives: Government
President Eisenhower On Disarmament
“Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose. Because this need is so sharp and apparent I confess that I lay down my official responsibilities in this field with a definite … Continue reading
John Hylan, Mayor of New York
March 26, 1922 “The warning of Theodore Roosevelt has much timeliness today, for the real menace of our republic is this invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy length over city, state and nation… It seizes in its long and powerful tentacles our executive officers, our legislative … Continue reading
The South China Sea & Climate Change
11/24/2015 BackgroundSo what does the South China Sea have to do with climate change, the yawning gap in the distribution of wealth and income and the approaching water crisis? In a word, everything. In “Asia’s Cauldron: The South China Sea And The End Of A Stable Pacific,” Robert D. Kaplan, … Continue reading
Hope
[google-translator] December 24, 2014 May this commemoration of the birth of Yeshua, Eashoa’, Iesous, Iesus, Isa, or Jesus, acknowledged round the world and considered by many synonymous with hope and justice, remind those who, while masquerading as anointed dispensers of free will, devote their lives, as if immortal, to … Continue reading
Might Makes Right
[google-translator] It having been shown in the foregoing discourse, 1. That Adam had not, either by natural right of fatherhood, or by positive donation from God, any such authority over his children, or dominion over the world, as is pretended: 2. That if he had, his heirs, yet, had no … Continue reading
Gridlock
Gridlock is a philosophical and emotional reaction to internal demographic, economic and social changes of unprecedented magnitude and scope. Simply stated, it is the quintessential conflict between the irresistible force -change- and the immovable object -status quo. While gridlock is not the cause of the aforementioned problems, it does … Continue reading