Benedict XVI

SALT OF THE EARTH Laid to rest on January 5, 2023, the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI cannot be allowed to simply pass into history, because his legacy is compelling, if complicated. In 2013, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Munich became the first pope to resign in almost 600 years. To be sure, the reticent Benedict, … Read more

Resilient Ukraine

PUTIN AT THE ABYSS On Friday, September 30, despotic Vladimir Putin reached the abyss with his disastrous invasion of Ukraine. Faced with humiliation and potential defeat, the dictator brazenly announced his illegal annexation of eastern Ukrainian provinces and arrogantly threatened America and Europe with nuclear war. However, in reality, Putin has tragically cornered Russia by … Read more

Elizabeth II

AN EXCEPTIONAL LIFE OF HISTORIC SERVICE As Elizabeth II passed into history on September 8, 2022, a double rainbow appeared over Buckingham Palace, which was most fitting with her exceptional life and historic reign as sovereign of the United Kingdom. It is noteworthy that three of the most consequential eras of British history were led … Read more

Guadalcanal

CHINA AND THE SOLOMON ISLANDS Last week, when the U. S. Coast Guard cutter Oliver Henry sought to make a scheduled stop at historic Guadalcanal to refuel and reprovision, it was tersely denied port entry. This abrupt and insulting snub demonstrates that the totalitarian People’s Republic of China now essentially controls the strategic Solomon Islands, … Read more

Rebirth of NATO

PUTIN AWAKENS THE ALLIANCE Despotic Russia, Defiant Ukraine and Cold War II remind us that NATO matters. As today’s Americans debate the value of alliances versus America First, we do well to remember America’s finest hour. Firstly, following World War II, the United States established a liberal democratic, economic, political, and military world order. Moreover, … Read more

Defiant Ukraine

PUTIN’S QUAGMIRE Defiant Ukraine, led by the refreshingly courageous and confident Volodymyr Zelensky, has boldly ensnarled the unscrupulous Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin into a hellish quagmire. Furthermore, they have clearly exposed Putin’s incompetent military and barbaric tactics. Nonetheless, the bestial Russian war machine continues to slog its way toward Kyiv. However, two weeks into his misadventure, … Read more

Nixon to China at 50

BOLD AND AMBITIOUS GAMBLE Fifty years have passed since American President Richard Nixon made his historic trip to China. On February 21, 1972, when Air Force One landed in Beijing, two decades of enmity between America and China ended. Firstly, a beaming President Nixon alighted to respectfully shake the hand of an approving Premier Zhou … Read more

The Voice of America at 80

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER Celebrating its 80th anniversary, America’s international broadcasting service, the Voice of America, serves as an important and reliable source of news and information for people around the world. During February 1942, the United States launched wartime overseas service with Stimmen aus America (Voices from America) for the people of the enemy … Read more

Cold War II

THE ROAD TO KYIV On February 22, 2022, Cold War II began with Russian “peacekeepers” pouring into Ukraine. Moreover, the day before, the despotic Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin declared war against Western Civilization in an astonishing exhibition of fiction, ego, paranoia, and vengeance. But for years, Putin has clearly communicated his twisted world view, intentions, ruthlessness, … Read more

Pearl Harbor

DECEMBER 7, 1941 At Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Imperial Japan awakened America. At that moment, the great republic began its inexorable march toward to genuine exceptionalism. Consequently, America Ascendant, the Rise of American Exceptionalism, documents the events of that fateful morning on Oahu that shaped the rest of American and world history for … Read more

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