September 6, 2024

Kamala Harris and the rise of a revolutionary America

Today, America stands at a crossroads.  The path we choose moving forward will determine the future of its method of wealth redistribution (i.e., will it remain as it is, or be cast explicitly in terms of racial and class struggle?). ...

August 1, 2024

To Hell with Karl Marx?

Did you know that Karl Marx shaped his seminal economic thesis Das Kapital on the contours of Dante’s dark and disturbing Inferno? In 2020, Marx’s specter roamed the streets of America, in the form of riots and unrest across 500 cities...

October 6, 2016

Foreign Policy from Patton, Reagan, and Obama

What do Reagan, Patton, and Obama have in common?  The answer: they have all faced significant challenges abroad – aggressive action by Stalin, Brezhnev, or Putin, or by despots in the Middle East.  All have had to deploy U.S. forces,...

July 16, 2016

FDR’s Costly Enchantment with Stalin

In 20th century history, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presence looms large.  Forever cast in the lead role as the New Deal’s man of the people, Roosevelt’s policies have long been credited with pulling A...