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Tag Archives: politics
The Limitlessness of our Discontent
We have at long last arrived at the limitlessness of our discontent. That peculiar period of empire when the expansion knows no bounds and the shape of our resolve acquires a formlessness for never having to retrench and a softness … Continue reading
Posted in America, Literature, philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged art, Christianity, faith, Freedom, politics
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“We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin – A Book Review
“Dystopian literature is a genre of fictional writing used to explore social and political structures in ‘a dark, nightmare world’.” ‘We’ by Yevgeny Zamyatin is a dystopian novel set in the distant future. Published first in 1924 in New York, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Literature, Uncategorized
Tagged dystopia, Literature, politics
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“The Coming Anarchy” – A Review
It is cold here, in the middle of the Tennessee mountains where I have come; Christmas vacation for my little boy with grandma and grandpa. The little houses are picture perfect, the mailman knows everybody’s name and the community center … Continue reading
While Belshazzar Drinks
While Belshazzar drank; the aromas of fine wine and elegant foods prepared by the cooks of the greatest empire in the world filled the opulent Assyrian halls of power. The party was reaching crescendo, that moment of inebriation and abandon … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged America, politics, westphalia
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America’s New Aristocracy
Every morning, here in West Africa, as I prepare my little boy for his school – the gym and the recess and the library, PE and science class and field trips – I look through the window of my kitchen … Continue reading
Dubai – And the Return of the City State
Often when I find myself in a faraway land I stop to take a minute, perhaps seated on a dock surrounded by the sounds and smells of fishermen and their craft or lounging unseen against an old wall beside a … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Dubai, politics, westphalia
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The Politics of Everything
Do you love your life, and all its riches? Have you ever read a novel, turning page after page after page as your bedside clock ticks away the seconds, the minutes, the hours; anxiety at tomorrow’s exhaustion an insufficient motivator … Continue reading
