“This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.” ― Euripides, The Phoenician Women
Monday, June 24, 2019
Hiroshima & Nagasaki's Lesson for the G-20 Summit
The lesson to the G-20 in Osaka could not be clearer. Nuclear weapons are good for more than deterrence. They can win wars, end aggression, and remake once-belligerent societies into peaceful, prosperous, and cooperative members of the family of nations.
Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/hiroshima-nagasaki-lesson-g-20-summit-hiroshima-nagasaki-iran-1561386685
Saturday, June 22, 2019
President Trump's Iran Bombing Cancellation Was Reaganesque
President Trump has set the stage for restoration of the Weinberger Doctrine, after both Bush and Obama administrations applied crackpot theories to their use of military force, such as "winning hearts and minds" or "leading from behind."
Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/president-trump-iran-bombing-cancellation-was-reaganesque-reagan-weinberger-doctrine-bei-1561149907
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Glenn Harlan Reynolds v Social Media
In his new Insta-Book SOCIAL MEDIA UPHEAVAL, University of Tennessee law professor, internet entrepreneur, webmaster, blogger, author, and pundit Glenn Harlan Reynolds has come forward to suggest a needed path to escape our current imprisonment in the Social Media Matrix.
Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/glenn-harlan-reynolds-social-media-matrix-facebook-twitter-1560884295
Monday, June 17, 2019
A Visit to Tokyo's Sempo Museum
If you ever happen to find yourself in downtown Tokyo, try to drop by the Sempo Museum for a few moments to pay tribute to the modest and courageous Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved the lives of thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler during the second World War.
Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/a-visit-tokyo-sempo-museum-holocaust-refugees-japan-1560796650
David Horowitz's Reflections on Mortality and Faith
The book "Mortality and Faith" isn't really about politics; rather it is an almost Proustian stream-of-consciousness meditation on age and the meaning of life...
Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/david-horowitz-reflections-mortality-faith-david-horowitz-shakespeare-pro-1560717810
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Peter Miller: An American Printmaker in Japan
On a recent trip to Japan, I met Peter Miller, a master printmaker living and working in Kamakura, Japan, who shares his enchantment with people through black-and-white prints which blend Japanese aesthetics with American sensibility.
Read the whole thing at TheLatest.com: https://thelatest.com/tlt/peter-miller-an-american-printmaker-japan-japan-ansel-adams-hokusai-1560531104