Plato and Diogenes warn us about hubris
This is a story about confident philosophers, a vital warning in our era of giant social engineering experiments.
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How America can survive – even prosper – in the 21st century
Summary: This is one chapter a series about America’s grand strategy, ways America can survive – even prosper – in an age of new rivals, where 4th generation warfare (4GW) is the dominant mode of war. Ideas that have worked in the past might guarantee failure today. See links at the end for the full …
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Handicapping the clash of civilizations: bet on America to win
Summary:Â The world is wracked by a clash of civilizations. America is the aggressor. The rest of the world is on the defensive. Today we discuss why America is winning, with eventual victory almost certain:Â western culture will crush our foes, as it did in the Cold War. That means empathy for our foes should be …
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Are we following in the footsteps of Athens? Let’s leave the path before we come to the same end.
Summary: America can develop a sound grand strategy, if only we clearly see the path we’re now on. Perhaps an analogy from history can help. ‘What’s the point of having this superb military that you’re always talking about if we can’t use it? — Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to Colin Powell (chairman of the Joint …
The intelligentsia takes easy steps to abandoning America
Summary of conclusions to my review of comments on this site about reforming America.  These are provocative speculation,s nothing more, based on a tiny sample. However, we are in trouble if these are representative of America’s intelligentsia. These comments show a deep alienation from our Republic, going beyond indifference to antipathy. This situation has historical analogs, in which a dissatisfied …
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