February 23, 2012 Maxim
"People have a tremendous capacity to rationalize, especially when infected by ideology." Eugene Genovese US...
Tag: Politics
Election Prediction
I predict that President Obama will not be re-elected. In fact I predict he will lose by a huge margin. He will...
Goepolitical Thinking III
"The American example is our most powerful export." Marco Rubio, US Senator Senator Rubio was speaking to the...
Geopolitical Thinking II
We all know about the recent discovery of vast amounts of natural gas and oils shale in North America and Northern...
Geopolitical Thinking I
I'm struck by the idea that the US, and others in the West, may be trying to goad Iran into a war. Before they get...
Egyptian Soccer Hooligans
In the UK soccer hooligans are a cultural phenomenon that have over the past few decades caused dozens of deaths and...
January 26, 2012, Maxim
"...anyone who believes that governments are in control of economies is living in cloud-cuckoo-land." John Gribben,...
The $50 Lesson
Recently, while I was working in the flower beds in the front yard, my neighbors stopped to chat as they returned home...
Simon Says Postcards 1/24/12
I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. Will Rogers Simon on...
Respecting the Taliban
This one is for the director of training at the Marine...
