Oligarchs, Toward a Working Definition Inside the Deep State

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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

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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...

Vindman

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When I watched LTC Vindman march up to Congress for his off-camera testimony before Adam Schiff's impeachment committee, and heard that he was a naturalized US citizen originally from Ukraine, I first noticed the CIB (Combat Infantryman's Badge)...

In Celebration of the Neocons

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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

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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)

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  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...