Category Archives: Iranian Election

Are Democratically Elected Dictators Hostile to Freedom “Good” Dictators?

Posted on 19 December 2012 by

Democracies sometimes reject freedom. Egypt has a new new democratically elected dictator and Venezuela still has her old one. Since they were elected by majorities of the voters they must be good democratic rulers who give the majority what they … Continue reading →

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President Obama’s Address at the UN was Great

Posted on 26 September 2012 by

If you like presidential policy speeches based on fantasy. The speech President Obama’s address yesterday to the United Nations is presented here in it’s entirety. Many quotations and a few comments are provided here. Here are my comments after watching … Continue reading →

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If we are to Lead, doing so from the Front with Strength, Competence and Conviction is not Optional.

Posted on 19 September 2012 by

A Stratfor article, From Gadhafi to Benghazi, appears below in its entirety following my comments. It would be great — and so would be our nation — were our leaders to learn from and be guided by it. The United States … Continue reading →

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Negotiating without understanding

Posted on 13 June 2012 by

When we don’t understand what other countries mean we usually screw up. That can be unhealthy. North Korea is either developing nuclear weapons or it is not. Ditto Iran. Both could give our home-grown “statesmen” lessons in flip-flopping to appeal … Continue reading →

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>The United States Government Should Not Remain Neutral During the Iranian Protests.

Posted on 25 June 2009 by

>First published at BlogCritics on 23 June 2009. There are circumstances when neutrality is wise; neutrality in the face of outrageous human rights violations is unwise. Corporations, in my view, have one basic obligation, and it is to those who … Continue reading →

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