It’s President’s Day, so-called, and so today we reflect on the echoes of history as they concern present-day America; from the ancient Roman Republic, through the foundations of our own Constitutional Republic, on forward to the present technocratic, autocratic American regime. Where are we in America today? And more importantly, on what course are we presently embarked?
Callers
- John – TN
- Richard – WA
Links
- For Presidents Day, a look at jobs growth back to Jimmy Carter: Capitol Letter
- On Presidents Day, compare how U.S. leaders appear on coins and bills
- ‘Fox & Friends First’ honors Presidents Day with a look at what made the top US presidents successful
- Presidents Day 2020: What’s open and closed on the federal holiday?
- The Cabinet
- Columns > Now It’s William Barr: When Will Christians And Conservatives Stop Making Excuses For Donald Trump?
- Columns > Back To Rome
- This is how ancient Rome’s republic died – a classicist sees troubling parallels at Trump’s impeachment trial
- How & Why Big Oil Conquered The World : The Corbett Report
- autocratic – definition and meaning
- A Guide to Mass Shootings in America – Mother Jones
- US Mass Shootings, 1982-2019: Data From Mother Jones’ Investigation – Mother Jones
- docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQBEbQoWMn_P81DuwmlQC0_jr2sJDzkkC0mvF6WLcM53ZYXi8RMfUlunvP1B5W0jRrJvH-wc-WGjDB1/pub?gid=0&single=true&output=csv
- Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent (Encounter Broadsides): Harvey A. Silverglate: 9781594032554: Amazon.com: Books
- The World According to Thiel – YouTube
- Uncommon Knowledge | Hoover Institution
- That Essay
- The Advent Of Netwar | RAND
- Donald Trump Is Repeating the Mistakes in Afghanistan War
- No Good Men Among the Living | Anand Gopal | Macmillan
- The Wild and the Innocent (1959) – YouTube
- Full text of “Senate Report 93-549: Emergency Powers Statutes: Provisions of Federal Law Now in Effect Delegating to the Executive Extraordinary Authority in Time of National Emergency; Report of the Special Committee on the Termination of the National Emergency”
- National Emergency Powers – 98-505-gov.pdf
- The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success: Kevin Dutton: 9780374291358: Amazon.com: Books
- TECHNOCRACY IN AMERICA: Rise of the Info-State | Parag Khanna
- Esquire’s List of the 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century | Parag Khanna