International Politics Kissinger's Greatest Crime The 1968 peace talks to broker an end to the war concluded with the same terms as the 1973 Paris Peace Accords, which resulted in the 1975 collapse of South Vietnam. The unnecessary delay was a product, in significant part, to the ego and ambitions of Henry Kissinger.
Texas Politics I Really Want to Be Fair to Republicans Paxton is suing Pfizer for "overstating the effectiveness of their vaccine." Really? This guy has decided that the testing of the vaccine was flawed. No doubt renowned scientist George Santos will be an expert witness, if he can interrupt his renewed work with Goldman-Sachs, NASA, and the Beatles.
International Politics Some Thanksgiving Musings The old saying is that politics is show business for ugly people. I am now convinced it's high school for slow learners.
International Politics What Rodney Could Have Taught Vivek Not only is his overwrought and seemingly tireless debating style hitting the crowd as distinctly joyless, but maddening as well. It seems that no moderator, Fox or NBC, can convince him to put a sock in it. It's like the worst High School Class President contest ever.
US History The Second Casualty "Nothing seems to have changed in a century and a half. Humans are still killing other humans because of their differing gods or how they look, or the things they believe... and the children still fall first."
International Politics OK. Uncle! I Give Up. I am inclined to frankly, give up. The forces of commerce and human inertia are too strong. Politicians on the take, the companies that take them, and our own reluctance when confronted with change, will doom it.