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What could go wrong? See you all again 3 April.
What could go wrong? See you all again 3 April.
Many thanks to Rey Gonzalez for today’s topic. The North Atlantic Treaty, signed on 4 April 1949, following the Second Great War, constitutes a system of collective security, whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by … Continue reading
Rey Gonzalez brings us this thoughtful piece. Thanks, abuelo. Diplomacy as defined, and as we understand it, is the profession, activity, or skill in managing international relations. We can call it statesmanship, statecraft, political foreign affairs dialogue, international relations, employing tact, discretion, prudence and/or cleverness. And so, as I … Continue reading
This post brought to you by our friend TheRealGuyFaux. Has everyone seen the illustrations used to show “equality” and “equity”? The ones that have the three people, one tall, another medium height, and the last one all trying to peer … Continue reading
Today’s post comes to us from TheRealGuyFaux. Thanks, Guy for a well-written and intelligent piece. In the previous installment lo these many months ago, I mentioned “modal logic” in passing, defining it as “propositions that deal with ‘necessary’ versus … Continue reading
EDITED 31 Jan: I completely forgot to mention that this post is from NRPax. My apologies for the oversight. A couple of weeks ago, our own Ty in Tx posted a video that asked: “Could the US Citizens fight … Continue reading
People fear monger all the time in politics to score points but this time it is for real. I seen it with my own eyes and not just from memes on Twitter. It was my normal grocery trip and the … Continue reading
Yesterday, Biden held a press conference to discuss his plans to deal with rising meat prices. He totally forgot his own intern tweeted out how he had the lowest beef prices in 8 years, but we know he doesn’t tweet … Continue reading
Thanks to Rey Gonzalez for his unintentional post. Pondering a bit, but worth mentioning: NYE is one of merry celebrations as we wait for the clocks to strike midnight and wish and hope for good things to come. It’s like … Continue reading
I can think of no more fitting post on Christmas Day than the classic oratory from Linus, when Charlie Brown was suffering his crisis of faith. Thank you, Charles Schulz. Charlie Brown: Isn’t there anyone, who knows what … Continue reading