July 11, 2012

Obama, the Pierre Trudeau of America

History has a habit of repeating.  The circumstances surrounding the rise and fall of successive empires are notable for their similarity.  The same is true of economic cycles and major wars.  In Europe and South America, societies nev...

April 18, 2012

Jugger-Not

The Obama machine has been portrayed as a campaign juggernaut, essentially unstoppable, headed by the smartest president  (In Obama's estimation, at least in the top four) ever anointed and run by the cleverest and most ruthless backroom in the ...

March 11, 2012

The Awful Parallel

Winston Churchill wrote a memoir about World War 2 , the personalities, circumstances and events leading to the outbreak of the war.  His review of these events in "The Gathering Storm" begins after the end of World War 1 and the Treat...