Every citizen charged with a crime is entitled to a jury of his/her peers to determine guilt. Innocence is presumed. Every military member charged with a crime is entitled to a jury, only not of his peers. Certain other rules peculiar…
Category: 2016 Election
In Celebration of the Neocons
In 2004, awaiting a vote in the newly liberated Iraq, their first democratic vote ever, I wrote my first published essay, “Prospects for Democracy in the Middle East”, a 5500 word opus, and a pro-Iraq War website published it. (I think…
Driving Corruption from the Public Square
H/T to my friend @Specialist, who I still affectionately refer to as Beasley Beasemill, from our RedState days. This art will become our new trademark photo for future Dark Alley, Rolled-up Newspaper, Bloody Nose-Black Eye pieces. I just wrote 3500 words…
Crime Syndicate; How China and Russias Bought off the Washington Establishment
My background for this observation is 30+ years with China, the Far East, including the last days of the Soviet Union in both Russia and Ukraine in 1991-1992 and finally the mostly Balkans through 2009. This is a book I’ll never get to write; too…
Will Either Party Survive 2020?
Long before Donald Trump emerged, in 2013 I asked if the original Republican brand would survive where the GOP seemed to be going. That question has been answered. Happily at this juncture it no longer matters if the “corporate” Grand…