Market-Price-Based Commerce – Capitalism

The Third Industrial Revolution – Red China’s “Leninist Capitalism” Raised Almost a Billion of the World’s People Out of Extreme Poverty

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

Taiwan the Ever Resilient Asian Tiger

• Modern Era

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’s Salvation

• Modern Era

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

The Asian Tiger of South Korea

• Modern Era

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

The East Asian Tiger Economies

• Dystopian Political Era, Modern Era

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

Counterinsurgency Requires Statesmanship

• Dystopian Political Era, Modern Era

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

The Strange Bedfellows of Geopolitics

• Dystopian Political Era

Do the capitalist power elites always control their governments? Karl Marx and his fellow travelers strongly asserted they did? In the Dickensian England of Marx’s day, the productive factory owners clearly did have strong influences in the British Parliament. But that was a time when England was deeply enthralled with The First Industrial Revolution and … Read more

Ram the Damned

• The Greek Ages

Ancient naval warfare under oars involved the use of galleys propelled by oarsmen, which were primarily designed for close combat tactics like ramming and boarding enemy ships. Despite many Hollywood scenes, to the contrary these ships were not always manned by slaves chained to the hull. This method of naval warfare dominated naval tactics from … Read more

News Release – Trump’s New Battleships

• Modern Era

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On December 22nd, 2025, President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of the Navy, John C. Phelan, alongside Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, announced their intent to construct a new class of American-designed battleships that will be “the most lethal surface combatant ever constructed.” Peace through strength! Right? The shy, retiring and ever … Read more

The Problem of the FED

• Modern Era

The Pro-log – The Banking Panic of 1907: The Bank Panic of 1907 was a short-lived banking and financial crisis in New York City and along the US Eastern seaboard. It occurred during the rising tide of progressivism, at the beginning of the twentieth century. The banking panic resulted from the collapse of highly-leveraged speculative … Read more

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