Yesterday I finished reading Pat Barker’s Regeneration, a fictionalized account of Siegfried Sassoon’s pacifist declaration against the Great War and his negotiated treatment for neurasthenia in Craiglockhart hospital. The Great War earned its name partly because of the tremendous failure of diplomacy that led to its inception, the stunning failure of strategy that accompanied an [...]
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Iran and a Nation’s Covenant
Posted by admin on March 9, 2012
http://www.born2synthesize.com/2012/03/iran-and-a-nations-covenant/
Jacobinism Consumes the GOP
Ready for today’s dose of Jacobinism? For those of you who might be new to the term, it described the French radicals who toppled the monarchy of Louis XVI and removed the heads of anyone who blinked both eyes simultaneously. The term is usually reserved for radicals on the Left, but it so aptly describes [...]
Posted by admin on December 1, 2010
http://www.born2synthesize.com/2010/12/jacobinism-consumes-the-gop/
Why The GOP Maintains Power
I want to pull together some related information about a man named Jude Wanniski. There isn’t any original content in this post, but Wanniski was so instrumental in damaging our country and enriching the top two percent of wealth holders, that one more node in the web for the education of all is a good [...]
Posted by admin on November 15, 2010
http://www.born2synthesize.com/2010/11/why-the-gop-maintains-power/
My Response To Dennis Prager
William F. Buckley called. He rolled over in his grave and can’t light his smoke. Dennis Prager, a syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist for the National Review Online, wrote a piece that was published on the NPR website November 2nd. It explains his reasoning for straight-ticket voting, and the argument deserves a response. I’m [...]
Posted by admin on November 4, 2010
http://www.born2synthesize.com/2010/11/my-response-to-dennis-prager/
Individualism As A Function Of Wealth
Take away the spirit of Individualism from the people and you at once eliminate the American spirit – the love of freedom, of free industry, free and unfettered opportunity, you take away freedom itself. Henry Clews, 19th century Wall Street veteran Individualism, the assertion of the primacy and inherent dignity of the individual, originated in [...]
Posted by admin on October 15, 2010
http://www.born2synthesize.com/2010/10/individualism-as-a-function-of-wealth/