Month: December 2013

I don’t think it is safe to assume that “a reasonably benign post-American balance of power is latent in the structure of international life and will emerge if we will just get out of the way.” But I also don’t think...

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with the painting of the  Grand Canyon. The photo that I will be using is seen directly below. I will be using my usual acrylics on a 12×12 gallery-wrapped...

Here’s a reminder not only of how much communism sucked but of why it was appropriate to call the anti-communist uprising in Czechoslovakia “The Velvet Revolution.” Sometime between 1967 and 1968, [Václav]...

. Secretary Kerry is very dedicated and serious about greater Middle-East peace, equal to no other US official before him. My analysis has been it’s not standing alone but part of the quadruple effort: If John Kerry and...

The Golden Globe 2013 nominee list is out.  As usual, it’s heavily weighted towards movies released late in the year.  While the best picture contender lists don’t appear as interesting as the 2012 nominee...