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In the Sunday Edition of the New York Times[1], their Editorial Board wrote an analysis titled, “A Brutal New Phase of the War in Ukraine”. It was an excellent review of the current situation, however, in a sub-title, they concluded “The job at hand is to persuade Russia that a negotiated peace is the only […]

Members and Friends: The Covid Pandemic The major event of the past two years was the Covid Pandemic. When the first news broke about a new virus that had spread from China in December 2019 one of my friends opined that this was potentially a worldwide epidemic, called a “pandemic”, a word I had seldom […]

Based in New York City, the Wall Street Journal has followed the activities of the United Nations since its inception in 1945. In a recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal, ¹ their editorial board stated their position that “The United Nations is proving to be useless as a defender of world order” …. It’s […]

On February 11, 1979, Shah Reza Pahlavi fled Iran and was replaced by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who returned from a three-year exile to become Supreme Leader. Despite myriad flaws, during his 37-year reign, the Shah greatly modernized the country, including the expansion of women’s rights. In October 1979 Oriana Fallaci, the noted Italian journalist, interviewed […]

Many people are aware that Germany and other European countries are now reliant on Russia to provide most of the natural gas used to fuel their industries and heat their homes. This situation was a major component of Vladimir Putin’s strategy to reestablish the former Russian Empire beginning with the conquest of Crimea and now […]

February 22, 2022 may well go down in history as the date marking the start of WWIII. The events leading to this situation are reminiscent of the activities brilliantly described by Barbara Tuchman in her classic history of WWI, “The Guns of August”. Today, Vladimir Putin ordered additional Russian troops to enter the Ukrainian provinces […]

Understandably, most Western media covering the coronavirus/covid-19 pandemic have concentrated on the countries which suffered the highest infection and mortality rates, namely Italy and Iran, and the varying efforts of the European nations, the United States and China, where the virus originated. Less has been said about Taiwan, which because of its proximity to China, […]

ITALY’S COMMUNIST RECIPE FOR DISASTER Published March 24, 2020 by Giacomin Nicolazzoo  (one of Italy’s most beloved writers.  Born and raised in Central Pennsylvania, he lives in a small village in Lombardy where he writes his books.) As I sit here in my involuntary isolation, it was just reported that overnight 743 more people died and 5.249 new […]

On January 23rd the United States recognized Juan Guaido as the legitimate President of Venezuela, a decision quickly followed by over eighty other countries. It immediately became apparent that Nicolas Maduro, the former president, would do anything to maintain his tyrannical control of the country.

The continuing blockage of Colombian borders to prevent humanitarian relief supplies from entering Venezuela is further evidence that that Nicolas Maduro has no intention to resign the presidency of Venezuela. Pursuant to the Venezuelan constitution, Juan Guaido became the legitimate president on January 23, 2019 as quickly recognized by the US, Canada, all of the […]