THE PROFOUND Reason  Centers on Liberal Devotion to  Anarcho-tyranny The founder of the WASHINGTON MONTHLY magazine recently died. He left us with an interesting insight; he believed that the current, perhaps irreconcilable,   divide, in the American body politic, had its genesis in the 1960s anti-Vietnam war movement. Specifically, the anti-war  Americans became, to themselves, morally superior to all those who believed in supporting the Americans dying in a faraway place, in a stupid war. Once, Liberals confirmed, to themselves,  their moral superiority over other Americans, they made the logical jump that illegal aliens were morally superior to  American natives, leaving Donald Trump as the champion of morally inferior Americans. The Liberal friends of this Blogger are amazed at Donald Trump’s steadfast support among close to a majority of Americans, notwithstanding MSNBC, The NEW YORK TIMES editorial Board and passe Republicans like David Br...

This Blogger gets many emails from his world class Readers; some are even flattering.   Recently, he received an email from a graduate student at an Eastern college; she is very smart (she sent me a copy of her transcripts). She wants to be a futurist, just like her putative hero, this Blogger. She wanted to know: what training is necessary for that to happen? This Blogger was trained by Dave Q. He    was a World War II veteran; he had been an infantryman in the Philippines Campaign, saw combat. The Japanese High Command did not want to defend Manila; however, over 16,000 Imperial Japanese Marines    mutinied. They decided to defend Manila to the last man. The Imperial Marines dug in, in the ancient, walled part of Manila, a warren of treacherous,  dangerous streets. They defied the Americans, to come in after them. The Americans did; everyday Americans, future Rotarians, Shriners, former butchers, post men, milk men, bell boys, sons of ministers, would be ...