Donkeys and Elephants

What is the real difference between Democrats and Republicans, Liberals and Conservatives. Republicans tend to believe that government is best that governs least, and they favor a free-market system in which the government’s functions and powers are strictly limited.  Most of them are convinced that the free-market system produces the greatest good for the greatest […]

Lest We Forget

A little over one hundred years ago the British Empire had reached its greatest height in terms of geographical extent and political power.  The saying was, “The sun never sets on the British Empire.”  — and that saying was literally true.  From New Delhi to Cape Town, from Toronto to Sydney, ultimate allegiance was to […]

War and Madness

At 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918, the guns fell silent, thus ending a terrible conflict that had ranged over much of the world, cost as many as twenty million lives, destroyed ancient kingdoms and empires, and ripped apart the social fabric of Europe.  It was called the Great War and the “War to end […]