Savages
Modern society has deprived young people of religion, thereby stripping a coherent story-arc from their lives. Most plays have a set pattern: a...
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The Age of Mercantilism
In the Age of Mercantilism, empires fought over naval trade lanes and colonies. This historical trend was curtailed by the unipolar world of...
Values
We usually don’t think about what purpose laws have. In fact, they are means to an end. That end is “values”. Every society...
NATO
NATO is much in the news lately, due to the war in Ukraine. As Sweden and Finland signal that they’re about to join...
Being and Becoming
Among the pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, two heavyweights stand out: Heraclitus and Parmenides. These two were antagonists. One believed that “all was flux” and...
Shrinkflation and the Empire
Why does everything suddenly cost more money? Why are your gas and groceries more expensive? It might be due to Triffin’s Dilemma’. ‘Triffin’s...
The Alien and Sedition Act
In 1798, the Federalist Party passed ‘The Alien and Sedition Act’. The pretext of the act was to go after ‘French spies’ in...
YouTube Pranksters Sued by University
A University in California just sued two YouTube pranksters for causing “panic” in their classrooms. But the deeper point is: Haven’t the universities...
E.U. in Danger of Collapse?
Garland Nixon is reporting chatter from White House insiders that internal reports indicate that the European Union might collapse within months. What are...
Multi-Polar World
As the Saudis refuse to take Biden’s phone calls, the European Union signals that it wants to break away from U.S. hegemony and...
The Wormpill Conspiracy
Do parasites affect human cognition? And, if so, are the Powers That Be encouraging the populace to be infected with parasites as a...
The Power of Unity
In a sequel to our previous presentation (“A Strategy of Tensions”), the current report is centered on the divide-and-conquer techniques intelligence agencies use...
A Strategy of Tensions
The method of divide-and-conquer is as old as Julius Caesar. This tactic–called “A Strategy of Tensions” by the CIA–is still widely used today....
Disparity in Values
Plutarch said, ‘An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics”. More dangerous than the disparity...
New World Order
Joe Biden recently rededicated himself to the pursuit of the so-called ‘New World Order’ at a meeting of the Business Roundtable. Find out...