Anasazi Ruins, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona

Saturday, November 30, 2019

Not Everyone Thinks Chomsky’s Linguistic Theories are Settled Science

https://aeon.co/essays/why-language-is-not-everything-that-noam-chomsky-said-it-is

But linguistics sur like to fight nasty over them

Friday, November 1, 2019

Trump , ‘The Nation” and The Russian Conspiracy

Even The Nation, the most left wing journal In the US, believes that there may have criminal negligence or outright crimes behind the launching of the investigation into the possibility of collusion between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.

If the left has lost The Nation..  what is do they have remaining?


https://www.thenation.com/article/russiagate-brennan/

Sunday, October 20, 2019

An article in The Nation against impeaching Trump..

An article in the far left magazine The Nation argues that the case for impeaching Trump over whatever has happened between Trump and the government of the Ukraine is a house of cards

Ukrainegate Risks Handing Trump Another Gift.

https://www.thenation.com/article/ukrainegate-biden-trump/


Saturday, October 12, 2019

Hunter Biden. Don’t Ask

According to the article at the link the liberal media discourages discussion of anything regarding Hunter Biden, Joe Biden and Ukraine. Well, except that Trump brought up the topic in the phone call.


The fact is that no matter the right or wrong of Trump bringing up the Bidens, Hunter Biden’s consulting work for an oil company there does seem corrupt, and a legitimate subject for discussion.

Thursday, October 10, 2019

US Military Leadership is Failing

Up to the end of World War 2 an officer in the US military not competent in combat was likely to be removed from command by a superior officer. Usually they would be sent back to the US and given a non combat command, where their talents might be useful.

Since the Vietnam War, high ranking officers found to be incompetent in combat are not relieved. They are allowed to serve out their tour of duty in the field despite the damage they are doing to US interests and their own soldiers.

The following two articles describe this problem and offer explanations why this change has occurred

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/11/general-failure/309148/

http://nation.time.com/2012/10/29/generally-mediocre/