A Leadership Crisis in Japan On September 7, 2025, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation after a string of electoral defeats left his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) weakened and his authority diminished. The resignation came amid rising public frustration over the cost of living, wavering economic performance, and declining trust in government leadership. As…

In an ironic turn of events, several European governments are warning of the danger of terrorism arising as a result of refugees from the Middle East stemming from the war in Gaza.1 Terror plots have recently been thwarted in several European countries including Germany, Italy and Sweden. The warnings are ironic because frequently over the…

Oddly enough it was the launch of iPhone 15 that prompted a strike by Apple employees in France this past September, though European inflation was the real culprit.1 According to the forecasts by European Union economists, the overall annual inflation rate for France will “stand at 5.8%” in 2023.2 This rate of inflationary growth is…

In November of 2002, Osama Bin Laden wrote what he called his “Letter to America” to describe why it was that he and his followers were fighting against the US and Israel.1 In a delusion-filled defense for the destruction and death he instigated in the 9/11 attacks, and running about 3800 words, Bin Laden said…

War is an expensive endeavor, whether in cost of military (personnel and hardware) or civilian (lives and/or property injured or destroyed). Two active areas of present concern are Ukraine vs Russia and Israel vs Hamas (Gaza) and Hezbollah (of Iranian support). Both are proxy engagements involving the attention of the United States and it's allies…

The https://www.govtrack.us/misconduct website is an interesting read. This website records in its database 489 instances of what is termed “misconduct” by members of Congress since 1789.1 These incidents run the spectrum from bribery and corruption to ethics violations. Of course the latest example of Congressional misconduct is that which is alleged of Democratic Senator Bob…

The mainstream media regularly carries stories complaining that our capitalistic system ensures that there is an enormous wealth inequality between the various sectors of our society. The usual theme continues to warn that this inequality is growing…that the gap between the wealthiest of the wealthy and the poorest of the poor is growing exponentially. A…

My first eye-opening experience with voter corruption came about many years ago when I asked a friend what he was doing for the weekend away from college. He told me that he was going home to “work the election.” This took place in Tennessee at the end of 1974 and the biggest story of the…

ATTENTION CONGRESS!! Found within the words supporting the revolutionary concepts of liberty and independence are the justifying reasoning that taxation can subjugate and destroy a people. It is unfortunate that bills in congress often have no opportunity to be approved by THE PEOPLE before acted upon by their representatives. Bills are occasionally acted upon by representatives…

Things have certainly changed since 1960 and the Kennedy-Nixon televised debate. This debate is often cited as the ‘first’ televised presidential debate…it is not. The actual first televised ‘debate’ of presidential candidates took place in May of 1956 between two Democratic Party primary candidates, Tennessee Sen. Estes Kefauver and former Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson.1 The…