History's Parrot

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Jeffrey Sachs tells the truth of our times.
Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University tells of the lies and deceits that have cost millions of lives and trillions of dollars.
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Our Bamboozled Existence
Bamboozling is the cruddy craft of politicians where the truth is whatever serves their purpose.
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Trump as the Autographic Autocrat
Trump indulges his rage. So where is he leading us to?
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Washington's dystopian political and historic illiteracy
American Senator J. William Fulbright was a genius and magician. He wrote a book about today fifty-nine years ago and counting.
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In the eye of the Hurricane...
We find ourselves in the midst of the hurricane. We must reach its eye, where we will once again be enveloped by the centered calm, distant horizons…
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We are the Government in Exile!
Where doors close, others are newly opened.
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The Roots of Demagoguery Run Deep
"When you want to know how things really work, study them when they’re coming apart." —WILLIAM GIBSON, ZERO HISTORY
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The Implacable Gilded Age Redux...
Hi ho, Hi ho, and off to hell we go
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The impoverished emperor suffers too many idiomatic parables
Too many irons in the fire and potentially a fire storm of negative consequences.
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Will Trump kill his presidency by "Icarization"?
Insisting on America's "exceptionalism" will render his presidency short and brutal.
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January 2025

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