In the last critical hours before the American people decide their new leadership, the hyperbole will mount into near hysteria. Much, if not most, of what is said is either irrelevant or grossly inaccurate. Even the descriptive monologs of The … [Read more...] about Hillary vs. Trump – Decision Time
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Elections 2016 – Swapping Myths*
Enduring American political parties have always been coalitions. The country is too big and populous, with too many strong regional and other economic demands to meet the models of European-style ideological political configurations. In reality, the … [Read more...] about Elections 2016 – Swapping Myths*
The U.S. and China’s Asian Infrastructure Development Bank
Using economics as a tool of foreign policy to sanction or to provide aid to control another country’s behavior is nothing new. Take the Chinese, for example; the Chinese Communist Government, long an opponent of international agreements that it did … [Read more...] about The U.S. and China’s Asian Infrastructure Development Bank
Hillary and the Soros Agenda
These days, George Soros’ connections are getting quite a bit more attention than they did in the 1990s. But by the end of Bill Clinton’s reign, Soros had already obtained a very influential position with the Clintons, especially with Hillary. In … [Read more...] about Hillary and the Soros Agenda
Facing Facts* (On Islamic Terrorism)
There is a consensus that Islamic terrorism is now the greatest threat to America’s peace and stability. [Some few would demur; that it takes a close second place to current economic stagnation.] Within that consensus, there are two distinct … [Read more...] about Facing Facts* (On Islamic Terrorism)
US Presidential Election’s Media Disaster*
Perhaps not since 1936 has there been such a failing through prejudicial media reporting of a presidential election. Then, of course, the enormously popular weekly, The Literary Digest, predicted a strong victory for the Republican conservative … [Read more...] about US Presidential Election’s Media Disaster*
The Corrupting effects of the very bad deal with Iran
Nothing seems to deter the administration’s determination to satisfy Iran’s Supreme Leader. Clearly, the U.S. cannot hold Iran accountable for a sham deal presented by Obama, which Iran did not sign. At a press conference in Argentina, on August … [Read more...] about The Corrupting effects of the very bad deal with Iran
Newspeak II*
George Orwell, the brilliant political writer and philosopher of the 1950s, saw the possibility we might drift into a seductive totalitarian society. Orwell wrote that it would be with the help of a new language; “Newspeak” he called it. That … [Read more...] about Newspeak II*