Oligarchs, Toward a Working Definition Inside the Deep State
Steve Bannon recently referred to Michael Bloomberg as an "oligarch", which I believe is a fair extension of the term, since it has been used selectively in the media to a more narrow club membership, as if Russian...
Shameless Cravens and a Plea for History
This is only an opinion.
There is not enough hard evidence available for me to say without equivocation that Lindsey Graham is a craven, much less a shameless one.
But there is enough circumstantial evidence to...
In Celebration of the Neocons
In 2004, awaiting a vote in the newly liberated Iraq, their first democratic vote ever, I wrote my first published essay, "Prospects for Democracy in the Middle East", a 5500 word opus, and a pro-Iraq...
Revolution or Counter-Revolution? When two Revolutions Collide
When two revolutions collide, which takes precedence as the defending champion? And which is the contender?
Who are the true revolutionaries here? The socialist-fascist Marxists, who go by so many names and historically contradictory to...
Where is Matt? After a Decade’s Slide into Darkness (Revised)
Matt Harding was born in 1976, a Gen-Xer (1965-1980). That Generation is just as apt to cling to the old ways and standards of their parents (Baby Boomers, 1942-1964) as they are to become utterly nouveau, knowing little, if anything about the shoulders they...