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Making Eretz Israel: The 1967 Six-Day War and Its Consequences

November 17, 2020

Prelude to the war The Arab-Israeli conflict (the four main wars between the various Arab states and Israel) dominated over the politics of the region of the Middle East since the formal proclamation …

How a Wise Decoupling May Be a Good Thing for Both China and the West

November 11, 2020

History

Imagine a bird was led to believe that it was a fish. For a while it might get used to living under water, but it wouldn’t take long before it could sense that something was wrong. If the bird didn’t …

The True Story of the 1918 “Spanish Flu”

November 11, 2020

History

It Started with the Rockefeller Institute’s Crude Bacterial Meningitis Vaccination Experiment on US Troops. The 1918-19 bacterial vaccine experiment may have killed 50-100 million people. “During the …

The Invention of the Electoral College

November 8, 2020

History

The delegates in Philadelphia agreed, in the summer of 1787, that the new country they were creating would not have a king but rather an elected executive. But they did not agree on how to choose that…

Understanding the Tri-fold Nature of the Deep State

November 4, 2020

History

Not that long ago the United States came close to total dissolution. The financial system was bankrupt, speculation had run amok, and all infrastructure had fallen into disarray over the course of 30 …

Two Deep Mysteries of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War

October 25, 2020

History

Forty-seven years ago, Egypt and Syria launched a massive surprise attack on Israeli forces dug into fortifications along the Suez Canal and Golan Heights. The ‘limited’ Arab objective was to recaptur…

Treason in America: An Overview of the FBI, CIA and Matters of ‘National Security’

October 24, 2020

History

“Treason doth never prosper; what is the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.” Sir John Harrington As Shakespeare would state in his play Hamlet, “Something is rotten in the state of…

COVID-19: How 3 Prior Pandemics Triggered Massive Societal Shifts

October 20, 2020

History

Before March of this year, few probably thought disease could be a significant driver of human history. Not so anymore. People are beginning to understand that the little changes Covid-19 has already …