One of the unsung, but formidable, reasons for the decline of the American republic is the insulation and class isolation  of the American Elite from the working class. Very few American intellectuals, in academia, government, NGOs, media, and/or entertainment, have personal friends, or relationships with members of the American working class.   This insulation is a new American phenomenon; military service during the Civil War, World War I, World War II meant a co-mingling of intellectuals and the working class. J.D. Salinger served with members of the working class, as did President William McKinley.   Mel Brooks, Irving Berlin, John Ford, and Henry Fonda all served with the working-class; that American service gave American intellectuals insight into the soul of the American working class.   In 1992, with the election of intellectual cum draft dodger, Bill Clinton, the Democratic Party became the party of intellectuals, and Globalists, elitists and trend setters. The American workin

A presentiment is a feeling of foreboding about the future. This Blogger has a presentiment about Taiwan, because of the assassination of Shinzo Abe of Japan. Shinzo Abe was a dedicated friend of the United States, a devoted ally of Taiwan and a shrewd opponent of Communist China. He was a towering figure in modern Japanese politics; he was a combination of JFK and Ronald Reagan. He was the youngest Japanese Prime Minister in history; and then after leaving office because of illness, came back to become the longest serving Japanese Prime Minister in History.   At his death, he was the  éminence grise of Japanese politics and governance; the man, THE MAN, who exercises power behind the scenes, without holding an official position. He was a titan.   He was Taiwan’s most loyal ally in Japan; if Communist China does intend to invade, Taiwan, part of their pre-invasion planning would, by necessity, be knowing that Mr. Abe would have been the galvanizing force to come to Taiwan’s aid, inspir

In this Blogger’s youth, there were only three dates which needed to be remembered:- 4th of July, December 7th( Pearl Harbor Day, when America was kicked into war) and June 6th (D-DAY, when American boys met savage deaths, liberating Europe).   But that was then; when we had a cohesive population of 160 million patriotic souls; now America is the third most populous nation in the world; and Americans must remember 9/11 and June 19 th ….and 1/06/2021.   Americans are asked to remember January 6, 2021, because that was the date in which American insurrectionists stormed the American seat of government, the United States Capitol, seeking to lynch the Vice President of the United States, and    “necklace” Speaker Nancy Pelosi. To “ necklace” is a tool of Black South Africans to punish supposed enemies of the people, by burning them to death, with a tire around their necks.   To insure that Americans remember January 6 th ; Congress is holding a series of slickly produced televised hearings