Nuclear Decision-Making and Presidential Authority: Existential Perils of the Trump Era
"Defenseless under the night; Our world in stupor
lies...."-
W.H. Auden
It is no longer just a
casual apprehension. Now, an inappropriate or irrational nuclear command
decision by US...
Things Fall Apart; The Centre Cannot Hold….
Core legal arguments to preserve, protect and
defend the United States from the presidency of Donald J. Trump
Whatever the still-expanding bill of particulars,
Donald Trump's principles...
Politics as Reflection: Even in an Election Year, Real Change Must Come From “Below”
"What is the good of passing from one untenable position to another,
of seeking justification always on the same plane?"-Samuel Beckett, Endgame
Again and again, in...
Why the Weird and Uncompromising Get Elected
Why is it that the US and Britain have
chosen weird uncompromising leaders when the essence of statesmanship is
calculated compromise. Worse, if not shocking, is...
US-North Korea Crisis Decision- Making: Growing Risks Of Inadvertent Or Unintended Nuclear War In Asia
"We fell
in love!"-US President Donald Trump, referring to North Korean dictator Kim
Jung Un after Singapore Summit (June 2018)
Credo quia
absurdum, warned the ancient philosophers. "I...
The puzzle in the U.S. Democratic Party is complicated
Although polls in the United States show Joe Biden outnumbering other
Democratic candidates, Biden is still concerned about the likelihood of rising
US senator Bernie Sanders....
Emptiness and consciousness: Still unseen limits of American politics
“Conscious of his
emptiness, a man tries to make a faith for himself in the political realm. In
vain.”-Karl Jaspers, “Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time”...
Creating a Future: Nationalism, Patriotism and Global “Oneness”
"What does not benefit the entire hive is no
benefit to the bee."-Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Sometimes, truth can
be both counter-intuitive and bitterly ironic. Although Americans have...
“Whisperings of the Irrational”: Core Origins of America’s Trump Decline
"There is something inside all of us that yearns not for reason,
but for mystery – not for penetrating clear thought, but for the whisperings...
The Democrats’ War in New Hampshire
Sanders, Biden, Warren and Harris face tough
competition in the primary. Many US analysts believe that the victory or defeat
of either candidate in Iowa's New...