ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY
“Absolute power corrupts absolutely” is part of an old adage that maintains that “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. The adage was coined by …
US ARMED FORCES
US Armed Forces and abortion would seem to be an unlikely pairing for a blog article but a recent news report raised an alarm on …
WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG
What are we doing wrong? It is a question that can be addressed from many points of view, and is a concern for almost all …
BILL OF OBLIGATIONS
A Bill of Obligations. Western democracies are based on the assumption, and requirement, that the electorate is educated; that means an electorate that is educated …
GOLDEN EAGLE AWARD
I have given several Golden Fleece awards on this blog site since I started that program last year: I should clarify for my new readers …
CIVILIZATIONS
Historically, as civilizations developed, they became more and more reliant on people from somewhere else to keep their economies and their lifestyles growing. The longer …
PERSON OF COLOR
A “Person of Color” has become a popular media term to cover all minorities, but that term is so general that it becomes somewhat meaningless. …
MALACCA STRAIT VOLCANOS
Malacca Strait volcanos have the very real potential to wreck the world economy. Much focus has been given to the problems that occur in the …
A 187 YEAR OLD PROMISE
Three Cherokee tribes are pushing aggressively for the U.S. government to make good on a 187 year old promise to award them a sitting delegate …
COMMUNISM VERSUS DEMOCRACY
Communism versus democracy: The age-old argument between purveyors of democracy and those that advocate communism both depend on ideologies that don’t work in practice. In …