The following was a research paper I recently wrote for my U.S. – Latin America Relations seminar. I know this is “too long” for a blog, but if you enjoy this kind of thing you won’t mind, and if you don’t then I recommend you bounce down to some of the other posts. If the [...]
All posts for the month June, 2012
Power Projection and United States Imperialism
Posted by admin on June 27, 2012
http://www.born2synthesize.com/2012/06/power-projection-and-united-states-imperialism/
A Thing of Beauty
I am currently reading Andrew Bacevich’s The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism (a review will follow.) I want to share the following quote, because it illustrates a beautiful symmetry that compels me to study history. It is a symmetry willfully overlooked in politics. Postwar foreign policy derived its legitimacy from a widely [...]
Posted by admin on June 26, 2012
http://www.born2synthesize.com/2012/06/a-thing-of-beauty/
Considering the New Poor Law
I am frequently engaged in conversation with people who believe that the poor deserve their lot, because they are indolent, stupid, drug-addled or simply the victims of government support programs that have rotted their fortitude. This attitude dates back at least two centuries, and has been echoed throughout different periods by those adhering to a [...]
Posted by admin on June 23, 2012
http://www.born2synthesize.com/2012/06/considering-the-new-poor-law/
Twilight of the Elites
Chris Hayes – Washington editor of The Nation magazine and host of MSNBC’s Up with Chris Hayes – has just completed his first book on the dysfunction of United States’ élite and prescriptions for social change. Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy asserts that our society’s obsession with the notion of meritocracy has led [...]
Posted by admin on June 21, 2012
http://www.born2synthesize.com/2012/06/twilight-of-the-elites/
Summer Reading
Summer is upon me, and that prompted a reading list discussion while sailing last night with friends. Here are a few books that I am planning to enjoy, and a few that will be used for research in the fall. The links will take you to Amazon.com. Desert Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia (Charles [...]
Posted by admin on June 14, 2012
http://www.born2synthesize.com/2012/06/summer-reading-2/