The original idea for an American airborne came from Gen. Billy Mitchell in 1918. His commander, Gen. Pershing agreed, but once the WWI Armistice was signed, the plan was terminated. In the late 1920’s, Germany began training parachute units and… Read More ›
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Smitty: Everett A. Smith
The next posts will be a re-play of Smitty’s bio and letters home to his mother on Broad Channel, NY. We have quite a number of new readers who are unfamiliar with Smitty. I hope none of my long-time readers… Read More ›
Libertarians Learned Nothing From Milei… | Zer0 H0urs
I wrote a piece called Are American Libertarians Growing Balls? – Zer0 H0urs (wordpress.com) in January because I was beginning to the think Milei’s cavalier attitude was rubbing off on him. The verdict is not yet out on Milei—he won and there’s lessons to… Read More ›
MEMORIAL DAY 2024
Over the years, I have done many a Memorial day post, feel free to check the archives for past ones! May NO American or citizen of a free country ever forget those that fought and died for you! None of… Read More ›
Israel Faces Unprecedented Challenges: Authorized And Diplomatic Strain | Archynetys
Israel’s authorized group, with Yaron Wax, Malcolm Shaw and Avigail Frisch Ben Avraham, are ready for the judges to enter the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, this Friday. (Credit score: Peter Dejong/AP) This week, Israeli Prime Minister… Read More ›
Dollar Diplomacy: 1919-1932 – Herbert Feis | Strategic Studies Book Club
[“Dollar Diplomacy” referred to the economic means by which the Jeffersonians imposed the Empire of Liberty prior to the Second World War. Before the IMF and the World Bank, the Jeffersonians relied on New York-based banking institutions to lend Kapital… Read More ›
IMF: “Russia to grow faster than all advanced economies” | BBC News
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Russia to grow 3.2% this year, significantly more than the UK, France and Germany. Oil exports have “held steady” and government spending has “remained high” contributing to growth, the IMF said. Overall, it said… Read More ›
AI’s Answers to Politics
Aldous Huxley: “The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” This quote shows the power words have to divide societies and breed prejudice. Think politics, religion, racism, sexism, war…… Read More ›
A Reading of Michael Lind’s “Forget the Founding Fathers”
What would the Founding Fathers think of today’s America? How would they advise us to address the great domestic and foreign challenges of our time? Would they be proud of contemporary Americans for preserving their handiwork, or would they despair… Read More ›
Will US Demographic Decline cause the Empire of Liberty’s Decline?
The Bipolarity which defined the entirety of the late 20th century was incapable of lasting forever. It is inevitable that control of world affairs by the US and the Soviet Union would lead to one of two possibilities: either the… Read More ›
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