I think all governments are pretty much just the compromise reached between ordinary people and the tiny minority that wants all the wealth and power for themselves. And having said that, the U.S. people are the worst bargainers since the Lenape tribe sold Manhattan to the Dutch for $24 (60…

Robert Kagan was one of the principal architects of the Project for a New American Century (PNAC). PNAC was a think tank that promoted, as its name clearly states, the idea that the United States should play THE dominant role in shaping global politics in the 21st Century. Their wording…

“Plant the sapling in your hand, even if it is Doomsday.” These words are from The Koran, and they resonated with me when I heard them. The idea, if I read it right, is to continue to do small but meaningful work even when all hope appears lost. In other…

I really don’t know much about China except what I hear on mainstream news. Which is to say I have heard nothing about China from any credible source. But even knowing nothing about them, I can imagine what the United States looks like to them. I imagine it looks not…

Driving to my local bakery today, I saw a few homeless people waiting at the steps of a church, waiting for the free dinner they provide. It would be hours until dinner would be served, but there are only so many seats available, so best not be late. Later…

You have to understand just how nefarious things are before you can appreciate how manipulated we all are. Everything is marketing, everything promises something it doesn’t deliver. Everything is image over substance. I bought doggy poop bags a while back, and I was under the impression they were good for…

In early 2017, Keith Olbermann began his show with the words “We are at war with Russia.” He then continued: “Or perhaps more correctly, we have lost a war with Russia without a battle. We are no longer a democracy, are no longer a free people. We are the victims…

There was once a large pier from which, in the before time, sail boats used to sail to all parts of the world. But now the giant metal behemoths rule the waves and the sail boats are seen there no longer. Bereft of its former purpose, families now use it…

The Jewish Holocaust should stand alone in the annals of history. If it is tied to anything, perhaps it should be tied to the Soviet Union, since the Soviets were the only people who had more killed by the Nazis than the Jewish people did. Perhaps we might even stop…