AMERICAN FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY
I thought this was a considered and succinct report on current American foreign and defense policy under the chaotic leadership – if you can call …
ROMAN CIRCUS
Many of us remember the excitement generated by the spectacle of the Roman chariot race depicted in the film Ben Hur. Some of us have …
CONGRESSIONAL REFORM
Congressional Reform has been talked about for decades, if not from immediately after the U.S. Congress was first convened a couple of hundred years ago. …
BEWARE OF DUNG CARTS
Beware of dung carts! One day in August 1565, James Johnson got drunk. By early evening he was so intoxicated that he fell asleep in …
U.S. CITIZENS
People born in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens by birth. However, this kind of citizenship is not the same as the kind of citizenship that …
A WARNING AND AN OPPORTUNITY
This blog is about a warning and an opportunity. (The picture is of Emily Pankhurst). The warning is about what could reasonably-be-anticipated to happen …
MALTA
Inspired by a trailblazing transgender model, Malta has become one of the most accepting countries in the world in the past 20 years for transgender …
MAIL BY MULE
I thought Mail by Mule was an amazing story in this day-and-age of instant communications. It reads like an episode of the old west’s pony …
U.S. IMMIGRATION
I thought this was a very sane approach to U.S. immigration by someone with personal experience in achieving a successful status as a U.S. citizen. …
AMERICA AND EUROPE
I thought this was an interesting article that investigates the different approaches to life in America and Europe. Many of us often discuss/debate these differences, …