If You’ve Seen One Cultural Revolution, You’ve Seen…
1st Turning The HIGH (1943-1963) 2nd Turning the AWAKENING (1963-1983) Set into motion by Mao Zedong, then Chairman of the Communist Party of China, its stated goal was to preserve ‘true’ Communist ideology in the country by purging remnants of capitalist and traditional elements from…
The Cultural Wars
History is just a collection of four-generation length movies that take 80 years to make. George and Tom played leading roles in the classic documentary, ‘The American Revolution.’ The second…
What to do about China
‘The Atlantic Charter’ Declaration of Principles issued by the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom FDR President of the United States and the…
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The Turkey Gold Rush
Why Turkey Jumped from 20th to #7 In terms of the data overall, among 163 countries Turkey was ranked seventh-best for expats, after Switzerland, Singapore, Canada, Spain, New Zealand, and…
BOTH ENDS OF THE SILKROAD
Empires of the Silk Road, by Christopher I. Beckwith separates the history of civilization into trade by land over the Silk Road from the Bronze Age until Christopher Columbus sailed…
Thank God My Father Moved Us to Cincinnati
Well, for more than 65 years, Coney Island and its Sunlite Pool had been a riverside playground for most of the people of Cincinnati; it boasted cleanliness, thrilling rides, a…
ALL I KNEW WAS WHAT I READ IN MY ‘WEEKLY READER’
On Mooney Avenue, Andre my fellow classmate and across the street neighbor, along with 3rd grader Greg didn’t know squat or could care less about Russia or the Union of…
THE 4TH WORM HAS TURNED
Where are we in the 4th Turning? First we have to understand how the Crisis is broken down into sections. The Crisis starts with a Catalyst, which Strauss and Howe describe as “a…