Modern Era
The Strange Bedfellows of Geopolitics – Dictatorships Which Improve the Lives of the Common People 00 – Book Review: Woodrow Wilson’s Congressional Government 02 – Woodrow Wilson’s Weirdly Elitist View of American Democracy 02 – Pragmatic Socialism – The Actual 21st Century World We All Live In The modern American administrative state is not a … Read more
The first assault upon humanity did not begin with a sword. It began with a sentence. “Yea, hath God said?” The serpent did not begin by denying God’s existence. He began by disturbing the meaning of God’s words. He questioned, reframed, exaggerated, and finally contradicted what God had spoken. Before man rebelled against the command … Read more
China’s now long-standing economic boom has significantly raised the living standards of nearly a quarter of the world’s population. It has brought hundreds of millions of people out of extreme poverty. It doesn’t matter whether you are a panda-hugging globalist, or a Sinophobic American nationalist, China must have the accolades it deserves for this remarkable … Read more
There is an old burial custom among the Habsburg emperors of Austria that, once heard, is not easily forgotten. When a ruler died, his body was carried in solemn procession to the Imperial Crypt in Vienna. There, at the sealed door of the Capuchin monastery, the procession would stop. A monk stood inside. The door … Read more
History of the Island of Taiwan Taiwan has a rich history that dates back tens of thousands of years. It was originally inhabited by Taiwanese indigenous peoples. Anthropological study of the human remains suggests the indigenous people of Taiwan were Australo-Papuan people similar to Negrito populations in the Philippines. The Dutch East India Company Colonized … Read more
Singapore, One of the Rare Jewels of the Civilized World Singapore is one of those few places that is both a city and a nation. The city-state stands as a testament against the primacy of philosophical or religious systems and it is ardently in favor of whatever actually works in human affairs. It has made … Read more
There are a great many characterizations of The People’s Republic of China floating around in the public square these days. Some people say they’re an authoritarian dictatorship, others describe them as socialist or capitalist or communist. A few sophisticated commentators use hybrid terms like “state-capitalist” or “state owned capitalism.” Perhaps it’s impossible to really describe … Read more
Korea’s Entire History Was One of Being a Vassal State in Asia Korea’s long history of subservience to its larger neighbor China started before the Mongolian rule of the Yuan Dynasty period (AD 1271 to 1368). In 1897, at the behest of Japan, Korea declared independence from their Chinese overlords. The Qing Dynasty was crumbling … Read more
After the Second World War the victorious Americans did something utterly unique in world history. They launched a massively generous global campaign to help the previously embattled and badly damaged nations of the world to rebuild themselves. In Europe the campaign was referred to as the Marshall Plan. All the war-torn nations of Europe gladly … Read more
Counterinsurgencies have been a part of state warfare since ancient times, evolving significantly during periods of colonialism and decolonization. The American Revolutionary War was a classic example of the underfunded, under-equipped, and outmanned little guy, fighting against the British Behemoth that thought it ruled the waves. The American Revolution was a classic insurgency-counterinsurgency war. In … Read more
A Christian worldview is a “God’s eye” view of our world. Creation is both visible (the physical world) and invisible (the metaphysical, “spiritual” world). Ancient Christianity understands that the visible and invisible worlds are coexistent, transcendent and indistinguishable.
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