[September 17, 2020] Those who study statesmanship and the experienced leadership know how difficult it is to make progress on old and emotionally-laden political issues. Two days ago, the UAE, Bahrain, and Israel signed a peace deal with one another. Casual observers will not understand the significance of or difficulty in this achievement, and that is unfortunate. Those… Read More »
[September 16, 2020] Police in America are under siege. That should come as no surprise, and, unfortunately, many of our political leaders are encouraging violence against police officers across the nation. But there is at least one local Police Chief who is unwilling to “bend a knee” as other officers have done. Heber City Police Chief Dave Booth… Read More »
[September 15, 2020] If we were to look at one example of violence incited by leaders, the most notorious in the past century is Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, carried out on 9-10 November 1938 by the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party.1 The pretext for the attacks was the assassination of a German diplomat in… Read More »
[September 17, 2020] Yesterday, at about 2 pm, my website crashed. The reason is unknown. What we do know is that it destroyed two days worth of posts. I will re-post the articles but reader comments have also disappeared. My apologies for any inconvenience. One of my readers suggested that the “Internet Secret Police” may not have liked… Read More »