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The 48 Laws of Power

I think I understand intuitively the 48 laws of power. Probably because I read The Art of War at such a young age. What’s weird to me is how this information is so public and yet so few people seem aware of it. I can name traits that I see in others. Here is...

John Adams

I recently discovered that John Adams was the lawyer to defend in trial the soliders who perpetrated the Boston Massacre — in which British soliders fired upon and killed American civilians. Given light of the recent Supreme Court trial reiterating the necessity...

10 Days that Changed America

10 Days that Changed America “… the dates that truly made a difference aren’t always the ones we know by heart; frequently, they’ve languished in dusty oblivion. The 10 days that follow — obscure as some are — changed American history. (In some...

Review of Superman Returns

This movie is an allegory, though not one I’m sure the filmmakers intended. We’ll get back to that in a sec I have to lay some points out and then we’ll get into it. First off Superman comes back to earth after a five year trip and does what any...

Supreme Court Rules Against Tribunals

See: NY Times LA Times The question most on my mind is what happens next? Clearly there can be no tribunals and neither Congress nor the Executive Branch can rob the internees of their right to Habeas Corpus but who holds these people accountable if they break the...