THANKSGIVING… (… and how fortunate we’re still able to do so…) It’s that time of year again when we celebrate a folklore event of our history, which may or may not have occurred the way we think it did; but,
WHO ARE THE HIDDEN ARCHITECTS OF ISIL AND ITS STRATEY OF TERROR? (…and can they ever be unmasked and made to pay for their crimes against humanity?) The common perception that ISIL is a faith-based and driven entity is wrong.
VETERANS DAY…IS BECOMING A NATIONAL NON-OBSERVANCE… (…because it’s just too damned inconvenient…) Like many of our other traditions, Veterans Day, is becoming a national non-observance… because it’s just too damned inconvenient…especially if it falls in the middle of the work
STRATEGIC STEALTH MOVES… (…for expanded economic hegemony in East Asia) The presidents of both Taiwan and China will be meeting for talks in Singapore shortly, after more than a half century of each opposing and pretending that the other had
HALLOWEEN…IS NO LONGER CHILDSPLAY…. (…it’s been hijacked by adults to justify…running wild) Back in those now very distant Medieval times there was a day set aside at this time of year to remember and pray for the souls of all
A LATTER-DAY MTV GENERATION… (…rapidly becoming IPhone junkies) Technology has finally managed to hybridize a communication system with entertainment content That is, thanks to the ubiquitous IPhone’s capabilities, anyone with one of those can now not only “communicate” with anyone
THE PERVERSITY OF THAT MANTRA FOR…DIVERSITY (…as the only factor of consideration beyond…quality and merit) The idiocies of political correctness that permeate our society these days always seem to pop up in the oddest places and strangest ways. In this
A RUSSIAN-AMERICAN DODGEM BUMPER-CAR DEAL FOR SYRIA… (…allowing each to bomb whoever they want…while making sure neither ends up in each other’s rear-view mirrors…) The recent Russian-American agreement to set up operating protocols for their respective air strike operations in