Watching the SetsWatching the Sets
History doesn’t arrive all at once—it builds like an offshore swell. Watching the world today feels less like surprise and more like recognition, as long-forming waves begin to line up.
Category: Geopolitics & World Affairs
Out of Many, One — What America Is (and Must Remain)Out of Many, One — What America Is (and Must Remain)
America is a nation of immigrants—but only because it was built on a single unifying idea: E Pluribus Unum. Out of many, one. This essay argues that America survives not
Selective Courage and the Draft-Deferment Double StandardSelective Courage and the Draft-Deferment Double Standard
One of the laziest attacks in modern politics is branding someone a coward for using a Vietnam-era draft deferment—especially when the accusers hail from the same “peace and love” generation
A Hemisphere ReassertedA Hemisphere Reasserted
For most of American history, there’s been an unspoken assumption: the Western Hemisphere is not a playground for rival empires. That idea isn’t new. What’s new is that, over the
A Hemisphere ReassertedA Hemisphere Reasserted
For most of American history, an unspoken rule held: the Western Hemisphere is not a playground for rival empires. China and Russia tested that boundary in recent decades—Venezuela became the