An “Unphilosophical Spirit”: Root Causes of American Intellectual Decline
"The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth."- Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time...
Shaping Tenable Policy on North Korea: A U.S. Security Imperative
"What is the good of passing from one untenable position to another, of seeking justification always on the same plane?"-Samuel Beckett, Endgame
The Adversarial Chessboard
In...
Looking Behind The Evening News: True Origins Of America’s Political Decline
“The readers of the Boston Evening Transcript, Sway in the wind like a field of ripe corn.”-T S Eliot
For the most part, what Americans...
A Bewildering Juxtaposition: Donald Trump’s “Temple of Intellect”
“The university is the temple of intellect, and I am its high priest.”- Miguel de Unamuno, speaking against irrationalism as rector of the University...
An Ironic “Side-Effect”: Trump Document Mishandling And America’s Nuclear Strategy
“I learn a science from the soul’s aggressions.”-St. John Perse
Mar-a-Lago, Search Warrants and Beyond
The contentious issue of Trump’s “mishandled” national security documents has reached...
Americans “Learning in Their Own Flesh”: Trained, But Not Educated
“The mass-man has no attention to spare for reasoning; he learns only in his own flesh.”-Jose Ortega y’ Gassett, The Revolt of the Masses...
Endgame: Time, History and Alternative World Futures
Hamm: “What time is it?”
Clov: “The same as usual.”
Samuel Beckett, Endgame
When studying history, it becomes difficult to distinguish endings from beginnings. Though it should...
America and the World: A Vital Connection
"The egocentric ideal of a future reserved for those who have managed to attain egoistically the extremity of `everyone for himself' is false and...
“Perceptions Of Credibility”: Existential Hazards Of Russian Nuclear Doctrine
Abstract: In his escalating war of aggression and genocide against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been recycling provocative elements of Soviet-era nuclear doctrine....
Israel, Counter-Terrorism and International Law: Challenges of Systemic Analysis
“The existence of `system’ in the world is obvious to every observer of nature, no matter whom.”-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man...