PinnedIsrael Has A Right to Defend Itself — This Is Not DefenseThe violence in the newest round of conflict between Israel and Hamas is escalating out of control. This morning official counts say more than 219 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes. Several Hamas leaders are included among the dead, but civilians make up a far greater portion of the…Israel4 min readIsrael4 min read
Jan 14The Recurring Debt Limit Crisis — Kicking the Can Down the RoadOn Friday, the US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, warned the US must take “extraordinary measures” to avoid defaulting on its debt as soon as January 19. Yellen explained she would impose those extraordinary measures until Congress agreed to raise the debt ceiling — again. …Us Economy2 min readUs Economy2 min read
Published in The Liberty Hawk·Dec 28, 2020What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 4America has demonstrated a complete and utter lack of leadership throughout the pandemic. — Continued from Part 3. These gaps and systemic flaws identified within America and discussed in the prior pieces of this series are repairable except for the most significant gap of all. America has demonstrated a complete and utter lack of leadership throughout the pandemic. President Trump counted every escalating pandemic…Pandemic4 min readPandemic4 min read
Published in The Liberty Hawk·Dec 28, 2020What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 32020 revealed how fully American Christianity has compromised its role of moral leadership for political power. — Continued from Part 2. Historically, global pandemics have produced many of the same byproducts we are witnessing today. Social anxieties gave way to conspiracy theories. An array of health advice and research contributed to good ideas and other ideas that were simple quackery. But past pandemics also produced religious awakenings…Pandemic3 min readPandemic3 min read
Published in The Liberty Hawk·Dec 28, 2020What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 2The pandemic did not cause economic inequality in the US. It revealed a long-standing divide that may be too far gone to repair. — Continued from part 1. The coronavirus lockdowns in the first half of 2020 triggered an explosion in unemployment. More than 14 million Americans became unemployed between February and May in the first wave of America’s pandemic experience. More Americans lost their jobs in three months than in three years of…Economic Inequality3 min readEconomic Inequality3 min read
Published in The Liberty Hawk·Dec 27, 2020What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 1COVID-19 revealed an American system unprepared for a crisis and unlikely to quickly recover from the damage done in 2020. — As I write these words, the United States is approaching 20 million confirmed coronavirus cases nationwide and more than 340,000 deaths. In many instances, these figures far surpass the worst-case projections of the spring when the nation went into lockdown to “flatten the curve” of this deadly pandemic. India, the…Pandemic5 min readPandemic5 min read
Oct 3, 2020The Worst Is Yet To ComeWe have grown uncomfortably numb to the waves of crisis in 2020, but the end is not in sight. One month from today, the US will vote in the long-anticipated US elections. On November 3, everything will change. Or will it? Much of America, if not the world, is enduring this terrible year through a posture that amounts to little more than holding our breath. There is a subtle…End Of The World8 min readEnd Of The World8 min read
Published in The Polis·Sep 28, 2020The Dangers of Big Business MoralismAll manners of big companies and name brands are seizing the national platform to define and defend our society’s moral standards today. By virtue of their considerable financial imprint, corporations are learning they can impose their values of right and wrong upon various nations, states, and cities, not to mention…BlackLivesMatter4 min readBlackLivesMatter4 min read
Sep 11, 2020And Now…The Great TransitionGenerational moments, or defining moments, are rare by definition. The easiest way to identify them is everyone in your age group can recall where they were when the moment occurred. Some examples include President Kennedy’s assassination, the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, the 2001 terror attacks, and so on. If you…American Dream12 min readAmerican Dream12 min read
Sep 1, 2020India Is Getting HammeredLast week it was announced that Pranab Mukherjee, a former President of India, and a politician who served 51 years within the young nation’s government, died after being diagnosed with the coronavirus 21 days earlier. Later the Indian government also announced a return of tensions at the border with China…India3 min readIndia3 min read
