The Stoics Today
What were the lessons of the Stoics, why were they critical in Admiral Stockdale’s survival as a POW, and what can they tell us today?
History
Remember
“Go tell to Sparta, thou who passest by, that here, obedient to her laws, we lie.”
– Simonides
Ask Google and a Veteran the Importance of June 6, You’ll Get Two Radically Different Answers
One doesn’t have to be a history buff to understand the significance of June 6, the anniversary of the Allied liberation of Europe in 1944. The D-Day landings in Normandy, France, amounted to the largest amphibious assault ever executed in military history. It marked the start of the two-month-long Battle of Normandy and the eventual liberation …
Protecting Our Children
The left has been wanting to ban firearms, all of them, ever since I can remember.
Will We Keep Our Republic?
Benjamin Franklin. Image via Pixabay Ben Franklin famously said, “You’ve got a republic, if you can keep it.” That warning is particularly haunting now, because we seem on the verge of losing it – not from foreign invasion – not from revolution – but because we stopped caring about it. America was founded on …
Honoring Our Confederate Dead (2022)
More Americans died fighting one another in “The Recent Unpleasantness (1861-1865)” than all of our other wars put together. Every year honoring the Confederate half of that most terrible war has its unique highlights and nuances. This year the Army is culturally cleansing the names of its forts. So, the unspoken post-war compromise – where Southerners could honor their soldiers’ valor if they ignored the abuses of Federal aggression and stayed silent about Yankee war crimes – is over.
Freedom
Memorial Day is about remembrance. It’s about an appreciation for the lives that were dedicated to our American freedom.
Are We Suffering From Shock?
The past two years hves been full of sudden, violent mental and emotional disturbances. Those events have caused a disturbance in the equilibrium of this Nation, in the permanence of this Nation.
China, Part XIV – More Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals
Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, Part XII, and Part XIII of this multi-part series discussed the first eight increments of the second tier geopolitical and economic goals and objectives of the Chinese Communist Party. This part summarizes a ninth portion of those goals and objectives.
Reality Trumps Propaganda
The MSM created a propaganda bubble, which burst during the Biden administration.
A Country’s Goals
How does a country go about setting up what it defines as its goals? What should those goals be?
China, Part XIII – More Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals
Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, and Part XII of this multi-part series discussed the first six increments of the second tier geopolitical and economic goals and objectives of the Chinese Communist Party. This part summarizes an eighth portion of those goals and objectives.
China, Part XI – Still More (Seemingly Endless) Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals
Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, and Part X of this multi-part series discussed the first five increments of the second tier geopolitical and economic goals and objectives of the Chinese Communist Party. This part summarizes a sixth portion of those goals and objectives. Introduction The Chinese Communists (ChiComs) are pursuing strategic initiatives …
China, Part X – And Still More Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals
Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, and Part IX of this multi-part series discussed the first four increments of the second tier geopolitical and economic goals and objectives of the Chinese Communist Party. This part summarizes a fifth portion of those goals and objectives. Introduction The Chinese Communists (ChiComs) are pursuing strategic initiatives aimed at …
China, Part IX – Still More Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals
Part VI, Part VII, and Part VIII of this multi-part series discussed the first three increments of the second tier geopolitical and economic goals and objectives of the Chinese Communist Party. This part summarizes a fourth portion of those goals and objectives.
China, Part VI: Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals
Part V of this multi-part series discussed the Made in China 2025 initiative whose goal is to modernize the Chinese industrial base – and ultimately the People’s Liberation Army – through the infusion/exploitation/theft/transfer of advanced technologies into the Chinese economy. The ChiComs seek to become a technologically-advanced leading manufacturing power by the centennial celebration of …
China, Part V: Made in China 2025
Part IV of this multi-part series on Communist China covered three components of the overarching Belt and Road Initiative, also called the One Belt One Road initiative: 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Digital Silk Road, and Arctic Silk Road. This part covers a mutually supportive economic initiative: Made in China 2025. The initiative was announced …
Federal Bureaucracies are Unstable and Unsustainable
When a government bureaucracy is created to solve a problem, it will inevitably become a bigger problem than it was created to solve.