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"Anacyclosis", Polybius, Carthage, Phil Sheridan and Joe Biden's Woke Military

America is living in a strange, weird, and delusional    time; unparalleled in its social inability to deal with History or the Future. How do we know this? Look at how the Elite is preparing its children for   this  century of fraught, and perhaps existential times; look at the roster of Commencement Speakers at Elite Universities. The 2023 Harvard Commencement Speaker was Tom Hanks; what can Tom Hanks tell the crop of new Elitists? That the best way to jump start your career is by wearing drag? Dartmouth had award winning film makers; Duke had the NBA commissioner. In an age in which America cannot find enough volunteers to fill the ranks of its defenders; this Blogger did not find one war hero, or veteran among the Commencement speakers at major colleges or universities. Nor a student of the Greek historian, Polybius. Readers, trust this Blogger, in this age, America needs to discuss Polybius. Polybius was a great friend of the grandson of Scorpio Africanus; the Roman military geniu

Biden/Harris Inauguration To Likely Begin America's Third Century Crisis

There is a scene in the classic Western epic, RED RIVER, in which the loyal retainer, played by Walter Brennan, has to make a decision; should he   betray his friend of 20 years, and join the cowhands in a mutiny? Taking the herd away from the John Wayne character to take it to   Abilene, instead of Sedalia. He joins the mutineers, for this reason: the John Wayne Character was wrong, WRONG.   This Blogger thought about that simple yet complex scene a lot as he read responses to his last grouping of Blogs, from Liberal critics. To them, this Blogger was childish, shameful, Fascist, racist, contemptible, bizarre,  paranoid, and/or holding views beneath his level of intelligence.   Yet, not one Liberal critic called out this Blogger as WRONG. From that small sample, one can readily extrapolate that Millennial Liberals are no longer capable of grasping the concept of Wrong; just the concept of shame. Behavior is no longer right or wrong to Liberals, but shameful, and childish. They   scold