In 1962, Barbara Tuchman published the masterpiece, THE GUNS OF AUGUST; about how, in August, 1914, dumb leadership in Europe plunged Western Civilization into one of the dumbest wars in  History. WORLD WAR I, in which the civilized nations of Western Europe, the nations of Tolstoy and Chekhov, Nijinsky and Beethoven, Mozart and Bach, Schiller and Shakespeare, Goethe and Michelangelo, Moliere and Monet, Pasteur and Newton, Galileo and Lister  gave themselves up and over to a moronic war. What is a moronic war? It is a war fought not for Greed, nor Empire, nor Defense nor Expanse, nor Opium Trade, nor Land, nor Defining a Border, nor Irredentism, nor Revanchism, nor Ideology, nor Meanness, nor Independence, nor Religion, nor Genocide, nor to end Slavery, nor Revolution; a moronic war is a war fought for no reason, no good reason, no logical reason, no bad reason, no evil reason. It is a war fought only because decision making has been suspended, not just good ...

  As a consequence of his Trotskyite youth, this Blogger does not enjoy viewing or listening to politicos  he agrees with; he likes to view and listen to people in opposition to his beliefs. Taking delight in noting and memorializing their errors in thoughts, actions or philosophy, as he prepares his fantasy Revolutionary Indictment against the enemies of the people. Indulging in that peculiarity means that this Blogger thoroughly enjoys reading the NEW YORK TIMES and viewing MSNBC. Jen Psaki hosts a program on MSNBC; she is a former    Press Secretary to Joe Biden; she is the sublime in the equation which describes the office of Press Secretary; it went from the sublime to the ridiculous, Karine Jean-Pierre, when she resigned. Ms. Psaki    is very smart, articulate and passionate; however, watching her  program also reveals her fatal flaw as an American; a flaw widely shared by American Liberals; she cannot countenance, respect nor work with people sh...