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Clausewitz on War… My Take.

Dear Friends, It seems to me the opening page of Von Clausewitz book- War, Politics and Power, he states a maxim that has applications not only to war but to many other areas of politics. The quote is; “War is … Continue reading

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Metric For Measuring Revolution

Dear Friends, It seems to me that one way we can tell the direction a revolution will take is how the former elite are treated. It may seem like a foolish metric to use but if we examine history and … Continue reading

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My Day at the Bank

Dear Friends, It seems to me that: The bustling city street glistened from the recent rain. Walking down the lane, the sun was poking out from behind the clouds, and my shoulder, turning on the drops still clinging to the … Continue reading

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The World’s Debt Crisis

Dear Friends, It seems to me that the modern welfare state is showing some of it’s weaknesses in the debit crisis that is engulfing the industrialized World. Winston Churchill is credited with having said, “The problem with socialism is that … Continue reading

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“rights” vs Rights

Dear Friends, It seems to me, many people believe that food, clothing, shelter, and healthcare are human rights. While it is absolutely a fundamental human right to have access to them, it is not a right to have someone else … Continue reading

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Self Interested Voting

Dear Friends, It seems to me that what the people of the Middle East need, far more than democracy, (if what they want is liberty), is a functional market system. Not only the Middle East but all over the World. … Continue reading

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Political Standards

Dear Friends, It seems to me that if one set of standards is good two must be better. Holding one political philosophy to a much different standard of personal conduct is one example. Holding the different political philosophies to multiple … Continue reading

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Causality

Dear Friends, It seems to me that if a person, (the originator), points a gun at another, aims at the victim’s heart, pulls the trigger, the mechanism of the gun operates, the hammer drives the pin into the primer, the … Continue reading

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Democracy, Tyranny and the Market Sytem

Dear Friends, It seems to me that there are ways to make things that work well and ways to make things that work poorly. When a means is chosen that has a historical track record, of making things that work … Continue reading

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Once Broken…

Dear Friends, It seems to me that once something is lost, it is much harder to get it back, than to have not lost it in the first place. I cannot think of a single example where this axiom doesn’t … Continue reading

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