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Memo to the GOP: The Irresistible Urge to Commit Suicide Usually Succeeds
Previous posts on this blog have discussed the Dobbs case, the unintended consequences of the premature leak of Justice Alito’s opinion...
Garry S Sklar
Sep 16, 20222 min read
Joke of the Day: A Statement by Sergei Lavrov
Of course, the following quote from Russian gangster and Putin accomplice Sergei Lavrov, who is styled as the Foreign Minister of...
Garry S Sklar
Aug 28, 20223 min read
Joe, Don't Go!
Today’s New York Times (August 18, 2022) reported that President Vladimir V. Putin of Imperial Russia and President Xi Jinping of China...
Garry S Sklar
Aug 19, 20221 min read
Two Seemingly Contradictory Quotes are Offered to Readers Today. Decide Which you prefer.
Woodrow Wilson, Governor of New Jersey, was a surprise victor in the Presidential election of 1912. Wilson, the Democrat nominee, beat...
Garry S Sklar
Aug 12, 20222 min read
No Compromises with Tyranny and Despotism!
Today I visited the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This magnificent museum discusses the...
Garry S Sklar
Jul 22, 20222 min read
Beware of Idealists
When I was in high school a number of years ago, a popular social studies teacher with a leftist perspective asked who in the class was...
Garry S Sklar
Jul 6, 20224 min read
It’s Time for the U.N. to Go
As the bloody Russian invasion of Ukraine continues unabated, as NATO members stand idly by, as the United States sends another billion...
Garry S Sklar
Jun 23, 20222 min read
Memo to Austin and Blinken: It’s Time to Resign and Save Your Reputations
“We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.” This was said...
Garry S Sklar
Jun 22, 20222 min read
Constitutional Gun Control: An Approach That Will Work
One of the first posts on this blog was entitled From Parkland to Parkland (April 13, 2020) It discussed the issues involved in gun...
Garry S Sklar
May 27, 20224 min read
Innocents and Responsibility: In Defense of Sanctions
Post World War II, the United States and its so called allies have utilized economic sanctions against various opponents. In some...
Garry S Sklar
May 19, 20226 min read
Justice Alito's Leaked Memorandum and its Unintended Consequences
The "leak" several days ago of Justice Samuel Alito, Jr.'s draft of a Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision in the Dobbs case has created a...
Garry S Sklar
May 6, 20222 min read
Some Questions for the American Policy Elite
As the world watches Imperial Russia’s war crimes on television, as atrocity follows atrocity, as innocent civilians are exterminated,...
Garry S Sklar
Apr 24, 20222 min read
Attitude towards Ukraine: Ignorance is Bliss? Or is It?
The storied CBS network has joined other media in declining in the quality of its news reporting. The great organization created by...
Garry S Sklar
Apr 18, 20222 min read
What We Haven't Learned
N.B. This article was submitted to the Washington Post as an op-ed and was rejected. Thankfully, it can be published here so readers can...
Garry S Sklar
Mar 23, 20223 min read
Russia Repeats Guernica
April 26, 2022 will be the 85th anniversary of the Nazi Condor Legion's atrocious bombing of the civilian population of Guernica (Gernika...
Garry S Sklar
Mar 3, 20223 min read
A Question for Biden and NATO: Have You No Shame?
Many years ago, Henry Kissinger was asked by a student at a lecture he gave " I am interested in diplomacy, what shall I major in? Dr....
Garry S Sklar
Mar 2, 20221 min read
Reacting to Russia's Attack on Ukraine
How shall the United States, NATO and the European Union react to Russia's invasion of Ukraine? It is probably too late to react...
Garry S Sklar
Feb 24, 20221 min read
Anschluss 2022: Time for Europe to Start Worrying
History repeats itself is an old statement, yet it is true. The action of Imperialistic Russia today is a carbon copy of Nazi Germany’s...
Garry S Sklar
Feb 22, 20223 min read
News Flash: Munich II Proposed
Late news tonight (Feb. 20, 2022) indicated that French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed a summit meeting between President Joe...
Garry S Sklar
Feb 20, 20222 min read
Coming Soon: American Thermidor (Hint: It's Not A Movie)
It's just over a year that Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was sworn in as President of the United States. It has been a very rough year for Joe and...
Garry S Sklar
Feb 6, 20224 min read
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