The ratification of the Declaration of Independence could not be achieved without severing ties to Great Britain. No taxation without representation! That spirited message sent to King George III espoused the spirit of a new nation during the Boston Tea Party of 1773. How would America's founding fathers react if they knew the nation they [...]
A Case for Assertive Pacifism, Replacing the Security Council with a World Self-Defense Force
Is pacifism really an option in our 21st century reality? Will nonaligned nations be able to protect their neutrality against unilateral state actors in the next possible world war? Any sensible human loathes potential for global war, but if history is any indication of the present it is complacency & appeasement of unilateral state actors [...]
United Nations Security Council Reform Via Continental Supranationalism
Perhaps the greatest impediment to world peace is the United Nations Security Council itself? This is felt by the power of the mighty veto held by each of the five permanent members. The image of the Security Council is that of a "club of superpowers" each prioritizing its own national interests over the other. In [...]
Supracultural Renewal, Toward a New International Man
As an old millennial having experienced childhood in the nineties, my generation grew up with the quintessential strongmen movies personified in big name characters like Rocky Balboa, Ivan Drago, & Apollo Creed as seen in the Rocky franchise. In Rocky 4, Dolph Lundgren portrayed a rather intimidating antihero; an opponent more machine than man. My [...]
U.S. National Park Service turned World Ecological & Historic Park Service
Woodrow Wilson left behind a legacy of would-be idealism most aptly characterized by his Fourteen Points speech he delivered before the United States Congress on January 8th, 1918. The end of World War One would arrive ten months later. The armistice signed on November 11th, 1918 signified the "war to end all wars." Euphemisms of [...]
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