Politicians Can’t be Heroes

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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...