Politicians Can’t be Heroes
I'll get to Donald Trump eventually, since there's an election on.
But the question is, first, Do nations need Heroes?
Thomas Carlyle, the 19th Century English philosopher answered that question with a resounding "Absolutely." In 1842...
Outlining “The Battle of Algiers” for 2020 Realities
This will be a short training outline of the film "The Battle of Algiers" which I offered here a few days ago. It should also open your eyes to some modern beliefs about Islam...
Bachelor’s Corner on Memorial Day Sunday
Bet you didn’t know it was called Decoration Day for close to a 100 years before it was a national holiday (1971), but the government gave the unions and working folks a day off on Monday,...
Part III, Our Next Great Awakening
The ingredients for historical Great Awakenings have been described in Parts I and II and we know those ingredients had already revealed themselves as early as 2010. Remember, the awakened people found Donald Trump...
Right and Alt-Right
We really can't begin to understand this phenomenon of alt-right, until we understand the origins of "the right". The linkage of understanding is just one term; the Left, as being the place from which all true understanding begins, and...
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...