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America: A Military Nation
AMERICA: A MILITARY NATION Americans like to think of their country as different from those run by military regimes. They are only fooling themselves. Ever since the federal government was converted into a national-security state after World War II (without a constitutional amendment authorizing the conversion), it has been the Pentagon, the CIA, and the […]
Beyond Cynicism: America Fumbles Towards Kafka’s Castle
Beyond Cynicism: America Fumbles Towards Kafka’s Castle On America’s ‘long emergency’ of recession, globalization, and identity politics. Credit: alisafarov/Shutterstock Nobody knows, from sea to shining sea, why we are having all this trouble with our republic. — Tom McGuane Can a people recover from an excursion into unreality? The USA’s sojourn into an alternative universe of […]
Does Russia Produce ‘Fake News’? Or Does America? Or Both?
Does Russia Produce ‘Fake News’? Or Does America? Or Both? The biggest difference between American and Russian news-reporting has been a simple factual issue between the two sides, on what incident started the ‘New Cold War’ between the U.S. and Russia. (The original Cold War was between the U.S. and the Soviet Union and had […]
China’s rise, America’s fall
China’s rise, America’s fall Will the rise of China mean the fall of America? In a word, yes. Although decline might be more accurate. Why do I think this? Because China is about to launch the PetroYuan and when it does the demand for dollars and for dollar denominated debt will shrink. When it does, […]
America: The Dictatress of the World
America: The Dictatress of the World On July 21, 1821, John Quincy Adams, who would go on to become the sixth president of the United States, warned that if America were ever to abandon its founding principle of non-interventionism in foreign affairs, she might well become the dictatress of the world. Adams issued his warning […]
Empire Destroying Wars Are Coming to America Under Trump – Part 1
Empire Destroying Wars Are Coming to America Under Trump – Part 1 There are a variety of reasons Trump supporters voted the way they did in November, but one clear message many found attractive was the idea his administration would be driven by an “America First” doctrine. America first meant a lot of things to […]
The Tale of Two America’s…Urban Rise, Rural Demise, Rationale to Hyper-Monetize
The Tale of Two America’s…Urban Rise, Rural Demise, Rationale to Hyper-Monetize (The following was written as an outline for a potential book. To this point no publisher has shown interest and time and funds have run out.) America is in the midst of an ongoing and accelerating shift in demographics and population growth. These trends, long […]
America’s Hypocrisy on Democracy
America’s Hypocrisy on Democracy U.S. politicians often lecture other nations about their flawed governance as if American democracy is the gold standard, but anti-democratic measures like gerrymandering belie that self-image, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. An old fear about Islamist political parties entering government is that once in power, even if they had gained […]
America’s Weapons: “The Dollar and the Drone”
America’s Weapons: “The Dollar and the Drone” It was said that “the guinea and the gallows” were the true instruments of British imperial power. The guinea represented the coined wealth of Great Britain. The gallows represented its… constabulary zeal in policing restless natives. This is the 21st century of course… a time of enlightenment. Today’s […]
America’s Fragile Future
America’s Fragile Future The U.S. mainstream’s flailing about over alleged Russian “meddling” in American politics reflects a nation that is rapidly losing its global dominance and fearful of even the slightest challenge, as Gilbert Doctorow explains. Does the United States have a future as a great power? President Donald J. Trump and President Emmanuel Macron […]
Freedom and the Fear of Self-Responsibility
FREEDOM AND THE FEAR OF SELF-RESPONSIBILITY Liberty is under a renewed challenge and attack in the contemporary world. From “political correctness” and its accompanying growing totalitarian closed-mindedness at institutions of higher learning in both America and Europe, to the rebirth of economic nationalism with its rejection of freedom of trade, investment and people in places […]
The American dystopia didn’t begin with Trump
The American dystopia didn’t begin with Trump Media narrative includes myths fostered by Obama Hulu/courtesy Everett CollectionThe dystopian classic, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” is streaming on Hulu, sparking lots of false comparisons between the misogynistic dictatorship in the miniseries and the presidency of Donald Trump. WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – Dystopia is here. It’s not just the “imagined […]
In Praise of the Reprehensible
In Praise of the Reprehensible Last month’s post here on cultural senility and its antidotes discussed the way that modern education erases the past in order to defend today’s ideologies against the lessons of history. While that post focused on the leftward end of the political spectrum—the end that currently dominates what we still jokingly call “higher […]
DANGER: Obama Ignores Russia’s Valid National Security Worries
DANGER: Obama Ignores Russia’s Valid National Security Worries When the democratically elected President of Ukraine was violently overthrown in February 2014 and replaced by a rabidly anti-Russian regime, not only the residents in the areas of Ukraine that had voted heavily for him (Crimea having voted 75% for him, and Donbass having voted 90% for him) were terrified […]
America Excels in Business of Death
America Excels in Business of Death America may lag behind the developed world in many categories, but it is No. 1 in the “merchant of death” business, experiencing a boom in the commerce of boom, especially in areas destabilized by U.S. invasions, notes JP Sottile. Who says nothing is made in the USA anymore? Certainly not the […]
