Category Current Events
This was one of the headline stories on the Onion today: Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What’s Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions. Hilarious, Just Hilarious
I cannot remember why I bought The Penguin History of Europe by J.M. Roberts several years ago, no doubt it was as a resource for an undergrad paper I wrote although I cannot find it used as a cite in… Continue Reading →
More Research Needed On Veterans Health Issues By: Doug Karr, USN Veteran Operations Desert Storm & Desert Shield The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there are nearly 25 million veterans currently living in the United States. Nearly $60 billion is… Continue Reading →
The American Way of War was introduced as a concept by Russell Weigley in his book of the same name during the early 1970’s. Essentially the theory runs that America attempts to totally dominate her enemies in war thus… Continue Reading →
I dabble in the stock market and one of the stocks I owned until recently was 5 shares of Citigroup stock. I picked it up in late 2008 at $6 a share hoping to vulture-like profit share. In… Continue Reading →
R2P means “Responsibity to Protect“, and is the idea that the “International Community” has an obligation to “prevent and stop genocides, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.” This obligation extends regardless of whether or not traditional national interests… Continue Reading →
I don’t play poker online but I Think it is kind of stupid that the Feds would waste so much time and effort stopping it, They should probably regulate it and tax it, that might even help with the Deficit…. Continue Reading →
I had to post something about the earthquake and Tsunami in Japan last Friday. First off, I hope that the death toll does not go as high as they currently fear. Second, everything I have seen so far… Continue Reading →
China: A Potential or Current Threat?
Jed Babbitt has an excellent piece on RCP today that talks about the potential threat China represents to the US and by implication, the rest of the Western world.China’s Economic Sword. People have been pointing to the potential threat… Continue Reading →