Category Archives: Politics

China’s Mercantile Regime & Its Rope-A-Dope Strategy

Posted on April 17, 2018 by William Holland

Beijing’s mercantile policies are identical to England’s Imperial monetary-business strategies of Empire.  All transactions were founded and justified to benefit the Crown. Period.  China remains no different.  Like Assad and his proxies, China seeks to exhaust American complaints by actively … Continue reading →

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A Priestess Called Oprah

Posted on January 11, 2018 by William Holland

We wouldn’t have Trump for President if it weren’t for Obama, and it isn’t possible to entertain Oprah’s bid for the Presidency without all the ideological preening that currently animates American progressives.  From identity politics to victimhood, Oprah’s candidacy will … Continue reading →

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Enlightened Despotism & the Cynicism of the Amerikan Left

Posted on January 16, 2017 by William Holland

The rancor and division animating the American polity has political sources.  As a recent Wall St. Journal editorial revealed, the Obama Presidency will remain historic but not consequential.  Because Amerian political life is dominated by the medium of television, real … Continue reading →

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Our Political Problems Are Moral

Posted on July 22, 2016 by William Holland

When Lev Davidovich Bronshtein (pen name Leon Trotsky) wrote about homo Soveiticus, the new breed of man born under the pall of terror; a subject of tyrannical social engineering by the State, he was referencing a utopian conviction that contemporary capitalist states now … Continue reading →

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Daniel Henninger WSJ & Yeats

Posted on July 31, 2014 by William Holland

I’ve always enjoyed listening to Daniel Henninger from the Wall St. Journal, a protege of Robert Bartley, he’s a familiar voice on John Batchelor’s NYC late night talk radio show.  His latest editorial is titled ‘Obama to World:  Drop Dead’. … Continue reading →

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GOP: Autopsy. . .

Posted on March 13, 2014 by William Holland

Now the CPAC is over its time for an assessment of where/what the GOP is?  Identity development is significant, for no institution can surmount challenges without sufficient formation of an articulated self understanding.  Florida’s recent Congressional win favoring the GOP … Continue reading →

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The Ineptitude of our Political Masters

Posted on February 9, 2014 by William Holland

Fast track trade authority will go nowhere.  Why?  Because as the WSJ has editorialized some months ago, we’ve got the most unpolitical president EVER.  Look, here’s a brief tutorial for anyone aspiring to become an executive:  when you possess political … Continue reading →

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Harry Reid & the Imperial Presidency

Posted on January 20, 2014 by William Holland

Total control of the U.S. Senate by Harry Reid remains essential.  Why?  Because its the only way this President can control both Congress & the country unilaterally.  Without Reid’s absolute control of the Senate, the President’s executive orders, appointments of … Continue reading →

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Presidential Abdication & The Imperatives of a Dominant Pax Americana

Posted on May 18, 2013 by William Holland

Never before in American history has any President subordinated the political imperatives underwriting American hegemony to the confines of personal ambition. Even Lyndon Johnson and Nixon implicitly understood the limits of an aggrandized self. Not with Barak Obama, we’re dealing … Continue reading →

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Why Congress is Lame

Posted on May 18, 2013 by William Holland

The American Enterprise Institue has released a great book from two experts on Congress, titled “The Broken Branch”. It’s a short wonderful study that introduces the reader to how the pernicious impact of liberalism is changing our governing institutions into … Continue reading →

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