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Monthly Archives: August 2010
John Paul II: The Defeat Of Modernity & A New Birth Of Freedom
Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, Winston Churchill and Pope John Paul II had much in common. Aron and the French left were ardent in their support of a secular humanism that had its birth in 1789, Berlin was a deracinated Jew … Continue reading
Posted in Arnold Toynbee, Eric Voegelin, John Paul II, Morality, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged Huxley, Isaiah Berlin, Liberty, Modernity, Morality, Orwell, Pope John Paul II, Raymond Aron, Winston Churchill
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A Critique Of Eastern Orthodoxy: Dangerous Idealisms In A Fallen World
My very first post on this blog was delivered on May 16, 2010. I titled it “A New Beginning”. It is posted on my home page after my bio. It explains much of the tradition that I carry as I … Continue reading
Rocco Buttiglione: The Work That Was John Paul The Great
It is simply not possible to speak of greatness without referring to Karol Wojtyla (pronounced Why-tee-wah), otherwise known as John Paul II. No other person than Rocco Buttiglione, Professor of politics, social ethics and economics at the International Academy for … Continue reading
The Cry Of Currency Manipulation Among The Specialists: Modern Cassandra’s To Be Ignored
Mr. Robert Pozen has eloquently written of Beijing’s autocrats maintaining unfair trade practices by artificially pegging their dollar to ours. In so doing, our Federal Reserve is outsourcing its expertise to the Chinese along with inflation and the creation of … Continue reading
Sun Tzu: On Teaching & The Soldiering Of Pupils
For anyone who has struggled teaching youth, take courage for Sun Tzu is your companion. Chapter 10 titled ‘Terrain’ No. 26 reveals: “If a commander is indulgent, and unable to make your authority felt; kind hearted, but unable to enforce … Continue reading
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Tagged Classroom management, Leadership, Soldiering Pupils, Sun-Tzu, Teaching Pupils
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The Brilliance Of Sun Tzu: Leadership & Courting Defeat
Chapter 10 titled ‘Terrain’ has a brilliant small essay (No. 10) on the six ways in which men court defeat. It was left to a brilliant commander who lived during the time of Sun Tzu who became a commentator on … Continue reading
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Tagged Chapter 10 'Terrain', Chen Hao, Courting Defeat, Criticize Art Of War, Douglas MacArthur, Korea, Leadership, Li Ching, Sun-Tzu
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General David Petraeus Ph.D., Icon Of Counterinsurgency & The Ideals Of Mao Tse-tung & Sun Tzu
About fifteen years ago Nien Cheng (author of ‘Life & Death In Shanghai’) gave the commencement address at Marist College in New York. I was unaware of her life and her relation to Mao Tse-tung, she was best friends with … Continue reading
Posted in Central Asia, China, Sun Tzu, Uncategorized
Tagged 1980's Central America Civil War, Afghanistan, Afpak, Art of War, Central Asia, Counterinsurgency, David Petraeus, Father Luke McCann, Guatemala, Joe Biden, Mao, Marist College Commencement, Napoleon, Nicaragua, Nien Cheng, Pakistan, Philippines, Sun-Tzu
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Geostrategic Consequences For Pakistan’s Epic Flood
Most people who live in first world countries are sheltered from consequences regarding nature, save possible hurricanes and tornadoes, which still leaves the vast majority of westerners unable to image how fragile life is outside the west. Witnessing the latest … Continue reading
Why Samuel Huntington’s “Clash Of Civilizations” Is Inadequate
There are two authorities on international relations whom have the temerity and fortitude to see the inadequacies of Samuel Huntington’s ‘Clash Of Civilizations’, a model developed more than a decade ago to explain world order. Both Ms Ayann Hirsi Ali … Continue reading