Review: Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect

Erudition Demanding Concentration–Need Lay Chapter or Pamphlet October 12, 2009 Paul A. Rahe This is an extraordinary book offering a very detailed and superbly integrated examination of the consistencies and differences among Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Tocqueville, both to illuminate precisely what was in the Founding Father’s minds when they sought to create a Republic of, …

Journal: On Experts, Lies, Climate, & Security

October 05, 2009 UN Climate Reports: They Lie By Marc Sheppard Speaking on the Senate floor in July of 2003, Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla) rightly called the threat of catastrophic global warming the “greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” The Cybersecurity Myth by Bob Crigely The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said this week …

Reference: Global Outlook Special on False Flag Operations

Here to the side is the cover of an extraordinary and appropriately titled Collector’s Edition of Global Outlook, Issue 13 Annual 2009.  We consider it the New Age counterpart to the first Whole Earth Catlog, a non-violent alternative to the Aranrchist Cookbook. As with most publications where passion is paramount, we retain a reserve of …

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Journal: Ralph Peters on Stifling of General McChrystal

O’s Afghan woes White House stifles general September 3, 2009 The classified status report from Afghanistan by Gen. Stanley McChrystal was censored by the White House before its submission. As a result, it’s all bun and no burger. According to multiple (angry) sources, McChrystal — our top soldier on the ground — intended to ask …