All Civil Wars are fierce, but in their own way clean and pure, for Civil Wars are not fought over land nor money nor trade routes but VALUES. Consequently Civil Wars are Biblical, Shakespearean and Homeric in nature,by nature. And fascinating. The American Civil War is one of the most fascinating wars ever fought, trivia alone makes it fascinating. The first bit of trivia which intrigues one is that the Union Calvary Reserve in the Seven Days Campaign was commanded by Brig. Gen. Philip Cooke,  who was Jeb Stuart's father- in- law. Stuart was the legendary Confederate Cavalry commander.  Confederate General Jeb Stuart, had been so incensed that his father- in- law stayed with the Union, he renamed his and his wife, Flora's months'-old son, Philip St. George Cooke Stuart, after himself, James Ewell Brown Stuart Jr.  People took Civil War very seriously in those days. Jeb was mortally wounded in 1864. The Yankee father in law died in 1895, at the age of 84; Miss Flora, after

One of the most dismal, depressing, debilitating revelations of the crisis, engendered by the Russo-Ukrainian War, is how America’s Ruling Elite is devoid, by will, inclination, and education, of foresight.   That bodes ill for the future of the Republic.   The Ruling Elite is brilliant academically, glib, suave, intoxicated by the applause of Stephen Colbert’s audience, and addicted to Globalist gossip, which is considered the Rosetta Stone of life.   The members of the Ruling Elite succeed academically( because of Globalist professors), corporately ( because of Globalist mentors), professionally( because of Globalist supervisors)and socially (because of Globalist social mores).   The members of America’s Ruling Elite understand everything, everything academically, the art of Modernity, protocols, and  Group think; they understand everything but people.   Because they fail in the first law of Ruling, understanding people; they lack foresight.   Since America’s Ruling Elite does not un