Fear: Anticipation of the possibility that something unpleasant will occur. We tend to champion those who are supposedly ‘fearless’, and will lead and protect the weak who are rightfully afraid in certain situations. However, just being fearless is insufficient if the so-called ‘fearless leader’ is not blessed with practical intelligence…
Professional sports accounts for approximately 1% of global GDP or about $1.17 trillion. Global GDP for all military spending is about $2.84 trillion. Just for discussion purposes let’s say that half or less of the military spending is on ordnance for offensive and defensive purposes of the collective countries of the world…
Justice: The quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness. However, an alternative view comes from Thrasymachus the Greek sophist who argues in Book 1 of Plato’s Republic that “justice is nothing other than the advantage of the stronger”…
Pragmatism: Character or conduct that emphasizes practicality. Also a philosophical movement or system having various forms, but generally stressing practical consequences as constituting the essential criterion in determining truth, or value. Or, in plain terms; it just has to work!
Relief: A means or thing that relieves pain, distress, anxiety, etc. Whether we admit it or not we are a global family with global family needs. It is estimated that one third of the world’s food supply goes to waste while approximately 9% of the world population is undernourished…
I’m truly perplexed as to whether I should be glad or sad to be a so-called ‘American’? From ChatGPT I asked how many years since my birth in 1950 has the United States been involved in foreign conflicts and the response: “Since 1950, the United States has been involved in foreign conflicts for roughly 70+ of the 76 years up to 2026, including the Korean War, Vietnam War, Cold War interventions, Gulf War, Afghanistan, Iraq, and various smaller operations.”
Resourceful: Able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc. This word is of absolute necessity to understand the 175 year long war between capitalism and socialism/communism. I’m using the 1848 Marx & Engels Manifesto of the Communist Party as the starting point of this incredible controversy…
The German philosopher Georg W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) argued that the course of history is the rational, inevitable progress in the consciousness of freedom. He believed that history is not a chaotic series of events, but a deliberate process – the “march of Spirit” (Geist) – aiming toward the goal of humans knowing themselves to be truly free…
TACO, Trump Always Chickens Out! We can only hope and pray that the one person elected by the American populace will back down and not follow through on his threat to not only send Iran back to the stone age, but now to destroy one of the first significant civilizations in history…
Confusion: Disorder; upheaval; tumult; chaos; perplexity; bewilderment. Doesn’t sound like a state of being that is attractive, but definitely the one we find our planetary beings in at the moment…