CAN A NEW TREATY OF WESTPHALIA AVERT AN ADVANCING THIRD WORLD WAR?
Near where the future Bering Strait Tunnel finally connecting Russia and the United States will soon be, there is a town named Kotzebue. It is named after the Russian explorer Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846,) who was the son of the playwright August von Kotzebue (1761-1819), On behalf of the Russian Imperial Navy—the same navy that […]
IT ALL STARTS WITH INTENTION
Trump says he wants to make America great again. What would be the fifty-year perspective for achieving that? Deporting every person present in the country illegally, ending such “woke” excesses as bizarre drag queen story hours, lowering interest rates, imposing high and unpredictable, wildly fluctuating tariffs on imports? On the latter point, Trump is scoring […]
80 YEARS AFTER BOMBING OF JAPAN: AN INFLAMED HUMAN SPIRIT OR A HUMANITY IN FLAMES?
This week, we remember the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and all those who needlessly perished there as a result. The knowledge and memory of that entirely unnecessary and cruel event should forever serve as a living memorial that, in the era of nuclear weapons, mankind must find other means […]
WE CREATE THE CHANCE FOR HUMANITY TO SURVIVE
At the end of this week, August 8 is Day Ten, decreed by President Trump last week, for Russia to meet his deadline for making progress toward resolution in Ukraine. Or else, Trump pledged to impose more economic warfare by tariffs and sanctions. This strategic threat is among the swirl of important events, and life […]