America Has Become Anti-American
Because I live in Japan and post articles which are critical of America, I am often accused of being anti-American. The truth is both counter-intuitive and disturbing. I haven’t changed…
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The Plot Against America
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America As I write this in early 2025, a quiet revolution is unfolding within the U.S. government.…
The Annexation of Texas, California, and New Mexico by the USA- The 1775−1783 American War of Independence
The American Revolution or the American War of Independence against British colonial lordship started in 1775 when the Thirteen Colonies began to fight for their political independence from London. In…
White House claims 65,000 federal workers have accepted buyout offers, as judge imposes temporary hold
The Trump administration has reported that, after a week of threats and intimidation from the White House, 65,000 federal workers have agreed to leave their jobs ahead of a February…
What sincere, genuine reform in USA means in real life
Moving away from the controversies and contradictions of daily discourse, can we consider what the most sincere and genuine reform in USA, capable of giving real relief to the people…
What is missing in the political and social discourse in the USA, and why?
The USA leads the world in having the most extensive discourse on political and social issues, supported by the world’s most famous media outlets, think tanks and academic institutes, by…
Surprise! What I Learned After “The End of History”
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” So declared Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ah, if only it had proved to be so. Although…
“Take Me To Your Leader”
Strong, visionary, decisive leadership has been missing for so long in America, we don’t even know what it looks like anymore. Arrogance and charisma are not the same as leadership.…
What Do Americans Care About? Not a Cold War With Russia and China
The Biden administration will soon release its National Security Strategy, which is being revised in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The document will no doubt trigger a renewed debate about…
In U.S. Foreign Policy, Realists Are Finally on the Rise
During the autumn of 2020, the United States lost one of its most brilliant, incisive, yet unheralded thinkers in Sherle R. Schwenninger. One of Schwenninger’s many gifts was his ability…
Ballad of a Thin Nation
You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked and you say, "Who is that man?" You try so hard but you don't understand…
The Cold War, Rebooted and Rebranded
The future isn’t what it used to be. As a teenager in the 1970s, I watched a lot of TV science fiction shows, notably Space: 1999 and UFO, that imagined a near future…
Americans’ trust in U.S. government’s competence remains low
Americans’ trust in the federal government in handling major problems has fallen nearly to all-time lows, finds Gallup. Based on an annual poll conducted between August 31 and September 31,…
Reframing America’s Role in the World: The Specter of Isolationism
The so-called Age of Trump is also an age of instantly forgotten bestselling books, especially ones purporting to provide the inside scoop on what goes on within Donald Trump’s haphazard…
In Search of America
The disparity between America’s ideals and America’s main street realities are always vast and often stark. This has always been so, most apparently and appallingly for Americans of color…
(Un)Civil War?
When it rains, pieces of glass, pottery, and metal rise through the mud in the hills surrounding my Maryland home. The other day, I walked outside barefoot to fetch one…
The other side of American Exceptionalism
Dyed-in-the-wool patriots know that the United States of America is God’s gift to the world. Policymakers have risen the story to doctrinal status. It’s referred to as American Exceptionalism, and…
Large majority of Americans say U.S is a mess, finds new poll
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that no matter how polarized they might be politically, Americans finally seem to agree on something: that everything about America is getting worse. In…
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