Defending Afghanistan Revisited
It has long been argued that the United States had the opportunity to kill or capture Osama bin Laden and deal a decisive blow to al Qaeda at Tora Bora, a battle in the mountainous terrain along the eastern border of Afghanistan. Why it didn't is a story...
Did the Republican Party lose an Election or a Civil War
As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air however slight, lest we become...
The Angler and the Black Sites
In The Inward Circle , I provided a psychodynamic treatment of pathological lying and delusional paranoia and how former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney is chronically disabled by it. In the closing paragraph I wrote: It is a sad commentary...
The Inward Circle
Every institution captures something of the time and interest of its members and provides something of a world for them; in brief, every institution has encompassing tendencies. When we review the different institutions in our Western society, we find...
Developing a Safety Culture in High Risk Environments
The U.S. government has failed more than one would like to know to protect the public from situations that it knew - or should have known - could lead to tragic loss of life. In many cases, unless something actually causes an incident, it isn’t a safety...
Nuclear Weapons and the United States
Nuclear weapons are instruments of pure evil. A nuclear explosion, either by design or accident, would kill massive numbers of people, create international chaos, and cripple the world economy. Nuclear weapons are devoid of the slightest shred of moral...
The Already Wealthy
The image you see shows a place on the small and fragile planet we all live on. Presently at least anyone can go to such locations and see them for one’s self. In other words, for the moment they still belong to everyone. If one accepts that concept,...