Category Archives: Propaganda

Does Modern Academia Encourage Unthinking Acceptance of Authority?

Posted on 12 May 2013 by

This post is based in large part on an article titled Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill Is there a current tendency to consider those who cherish and seek to preserve our rights, including those under the First and Second … Continue reading →

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China and North Korea: A Tangled Partnership

Posted on 16 April 2013 by

Do we know what’s happening? Probably not. But historical context may help. The following article from Stratfor, republished with permission, provides useful historical context for the current situations in Korea and its usual (apparent) ally, China. It spans many centuries. The … Continue reading →

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Three Articles About Venezuela Today

Posted on 22 March 2013 by

One suggests some basis for hope, another writes about oppression by Chavistas and the third pursues the same theme. El Presidente for Life, THugo Chávez, died on or before March 5, 2013. He may have died in Cuba, in Venezuela … Continue reading →

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China, Iran and North Korea — a radioactive stew

Posted on 13 March 2013 by

It’s being prepared for our dinner. Should we eat it? How would it affect us and What should be done instead? Relations between China and North Korea seem, cosmetically, to be getting chillier. China joined the unanimous U.N. Security Council … Continue reading →

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Can we Dumb things down Enough?

Posted on 4 December 2012 by

Arguments that appeal to reason rarely appeal to emotion. Nor do they appeal to uninformed voters who are not interested. Can we have better informed and more rational voters? Democrats realize that rational thought does not appeal to many voters … Continue reading →

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Is the Republican Party Dead or Dying? Part II

Posted on 10 November 2012 by

We the Opposition Part I can be found here. It provides some of my thinking behind this, Part II. Jim Gourdi at Conservatives on fire wrote yesterday, Obama won and we lost. There are lessons WE must take away from … Continue reading →

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A Review of President Obama’s Middle-East Policies

Posted on 6 November 2012 by

That is, assuming that he has any. Barry Rubin’s review of President Obama’s Middle-East policies is excellent and summarizes many points that are often overlooked but must at least be considered. I can’t re-post his entire article, but here are … Continue reading →

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Racist Sarah Palin attacks Best President Ever Obama’s “Shuck and Jive.”

Posted on 25 October 2012 by

Is Governor Palin so racist that she does not even know her proper place? Horror of horrors! That mere woman will never come to her senses. Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin released a statement on her Facebook page accusing … Continue reading →

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Thinking about the Coming Election and other stuff –

Posted on 14 October 2012 by

put me in mind of some of my favorite old songs and of their persistent relevance. Scots ballads Based on a poem by Robert Burns (1759 – 1796), this ballad labeled Ode to Humanity seeks equal rights for all as … Continue reading →

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Is there a way to win the hearts and minds of ObamaVoters?

Posted on 3 October 2012 by

If so, we need to find it very soon NOW. I am posting this before tonight’s debate because I don’t think that will cause much change for the better. I hope I am wrong. An article at PJ Tatler on … Continue reading →

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