Author: Joseph
The American Legacy, the Postwar World, and Moving Forward.
Very often it is easy to get tied up in the moment or era that we currently occupy. This is because the issues we face personally and as a nation are happening to us at this moment and not in the past. Our evaluation of things can be easily colored by this recency bias. There…
Zelensky and Ukraine Conflict/Negotiation
I’m not here to tell you that Volodymyr Zelensky is a perfect Democratic leader. Or that Ukraine is an excellent democratic country. But he appears to be more committed to the independence of his nation and it’s democratic direction than his own ideology or his own power. Which is more than I can say for…
Trump Executive Orders and Directives
As President Trump has entered office he has signed several executive orders. As time has gone on presidents have increasingly issued more and more of these orders. A number of which have been struck down as unconstitutional. Trump’s orders are an order of magnitude above anyone before him recently both in quantity and in scope.…
AP News Video-Facts about CA Wildfires.
This is not a partisan opinion, but an expert assessment. Other experts may disagree on some of the details.
Veterans Day
Today is Veterans Day and I wanted to post some stories of Veterans and their service. There is no better way to tell their story than to have them tell it themselves. I have just selected a few here, but we honor all Veterans of all wars this day. Credit is given to The American…
Election Issues Assessment
I had posted a general objective summary of issues a while back and had said that I would post a little more of an assessment of things as they stand right now. I am posting this later than I had hoped but still before election day. Keep in mind that this is my assessment of…
Election 2024 Issue Summary
With the Presidential election nearing I thought it would be useful to upload a post about some of the major issues. This will be a very quick summary of each of these issues. While bias can never completely be eliminated, the goal is to depict these issues as they really are to the best of…
Recent Political Violence in the United States
Last Saturday an assassination attempt on Donald Trump was made. I was glad to hear that he was not seriously injured or killed for his sake and the sake of the possible chaos that may have ensued if there had been a different outcome. It is a tragedy that there was a victim and other…
The Continuation of The American Revolution
We have just finished celebrating Independence day. It is a recognition of the ideas on paper and the sacrifices on the battlefield that created the United States and the story of how it came to be. From the complaint of taxation without representation, to the Battle of Lexington and Concord. From the Declaration of Independence,…
D-Day
Welcome to this website. It is my goal to post information about historical events and contemporary issues. The development of this site will continue as I continue to post. Sources for this post are public domain or the copyright has expired. On June 6, 1944 the effort to retake Europe began. If you had been…