In war it makes sense to initiate a surprise attack, choose soft targets that are unprepared for the attack and can result in measured success to advance your aims. North Korea did just that when it hacked Sony Pictures. But one must ask why did they follow the Japanese Pearl Harbor example? Why was Sony […]
Sony Pictures and Pakistan Taliban May Have Similarities. Read More »
This American Life served up a rather shocking view, September 26, 2014, showing us an inside view of the inner workings of the New York Federal Reserve that appears to reveal how some administrators exhibit weakness and seem warm to the banks that they are expected to regulate. If a staff member shows backbone and
The Alleged Hypocrisy Of The New York Federal Reserve Exposed. Read More »
The Wall Street Journal, September, 20-21 (weekend), Review section, page C1 had an article titled “Climate Science Is Not Settled” by Steven E. Koonin. I have learned my lesson with this newspaper to look at the brief bio for the writer included with some stories to better measure their credibility. This is especially true in
WSJ: Climate Science Is Not Settled, by Steven E. Koonin Read More »
The Arab nations suffer from a philosophy that binds religion and politics.
One Problem With Iran Is Leadership Philosophy. Read More »
A research was published in 2014 that concludes that the United States is being run by an economic elite. And you thought it was a democracy. Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens by Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page Where you can read and download this research paper: https://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materials/Gilens%20and%20Page/Gilens%20and%20Page%202014-Testing%20Theories%203-7-14.pdf
The United States Is Not A Democracy. It Is An Economic Oligarchy. Read More »
Looking at Politico application on my cell phone March 5, 2014, I was confused by reading that the United States did not expect that Putin would make a move into the Crimea. Some reports state that the United States intelligence agencies did not pick up on this. I am a bit confused because this should
The United States Allegidly Failed To Predict Russian Invasion Into Crimea? Read More »
