ESSENTIAL ALLIANCE REIMAGINED President Joe Biden and former Prime Minister Boris Johnson met during June 20121 to energize the essential alliance, America and Britain. The post-Brexit status of Northern Ireland interrupted the tone of the American president’s arrival in the UK. But unavoidable challenge, and mutual opportunity brought the trans-Atlantic …
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 …
ESSENTIAL, CONTROVERSIAL AND MELANCHOLY No history of the past century would be complete without recognizing Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, who has now passed into history. Moreover, he was the last of the prominent world leaders who responsibly guided the profound, remarkable and historic transition that ended the Cold War, Soviet Union …
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 …
AMERICA ENDS WORLD WAR II JAPAN DEFIANT By August 1945, America was poised to achieve total victory in World War II. As described in my preceding article Downfall, following the August 6, 1945, atomic attack on Hiroshima, it was evident that the Potsdam Declaration was no bluff. American broadcasts and …
AUGUST 6, 1945 EXCEPTIONAL DEVELOPMENT On August 6, 1945, America effectively ended World War II by triggering the downfall of Imperial Japan. Firstly, as described in my previous post Trinity, with the unprecedented and exceptional project code-named Manhattan, the United States had harnessed nuclear energy. Secondly, we successfully tested the …
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, …
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, …
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 …
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 …