AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BOLD STRATEGIC MOVE… (…to stabilize an unstable region and enhance US interests there) The Kurdish people recently held a referendum about what should be considered a historic moment…they’ve openly declared their intent to ultimately become an
YOU’VE ALREADY BEEN PERMANENTLY GLOBALIZED… (…you just haven’t realized it yet) There seems to be a ground swell of anti-globalization going on these days. Not just here in America, but everywhere else in the world as well. What was once
THE TRUMPY BEAR… (…or how to cash in on pollical controversy) A lot of folks are wasting their time with all sorts of “resistance” and/or “protest” about President Trump’s method and style as President. Berkleyites (including their university mentors) are
THE TWO KOREAS (…residual victims of Cold War conflicts) Most people don’t know this but Korean history reaches far back in time when it was, perhaps, the most advanced culture and society in its region, with its influences reaching out
ARE THEY REALLY REACHING OUT… (to touch each other?) The recent moves President Trump made to confer with the Democrat leadership of both the House and the Senate about the DACA situation …is an encouraging development. The question is will
A PIED PIPER’S ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR LURE… (…to expand our existing tribe of zoned out palm-staring zombies). The apparent human need to have some way of displaying “elite status” has always been one of strongest motivating factors to tweak…when trying
HARVEY JUST LEFT A WATERY WORLD BEHIND ITSELF… (…deep in the heart of Texas) Hurricane Harvey just clobbered the Gulf Coast of Texas, from Corpus Christi and Galveston to Houston and Dallas, and now heading off right into neighboring Louisiana,
PROTEST IS NOT DIALOGUE… (without dialogue…there is no freedom of speech… and without freedom of speech…there is no democracy) A lot of folks misconstrue the concept of “free speech.” Far too many take it to mean that only those whose
A SOLAR ECLIPSE… (…pressing the pause-buttons of our daily routines) For the past ten days or so we’ve been heralded about the first total solar eclipse to be seen across the entire United States in nearly a hundred years. Its fully
A RESURGENCE OF CULTURAL REGRESSION IN AMERICA… (…epitomized by an amalgam of White Supremacy with Hitlerian ideology) Most of us are not just disturbed but also confused by its seemingly sudden appearance among us because it seems so far removed