Dear Professor Obama
By: orangebowl95 (Diary) | August 3rd at 10:13 PM |
It has been a long and difficult term, but we have learned much more about change than we could have hoped. The results of the theories that you put into action are unambiguous and gratitude is owed to you not only by your American pupils, but by the world at large. You have dispelled for generations any notion that socialist policies are economically viable. Of | Read More »
Barack Cornwallis and the Tides of 1781 and 2012
By: orangebowl95 (Diary) | July 9th at 02:53 PM |
History is full of curious and sometimes eerie parallels. On November 7 there will be many to be drawn, but in my humble opinion the amazing facts on the ground of 1781 that belied British martial superiority, already match up interestingly with 2012. In the fall of 1781 an overconfident British general met his comeuppance only months after a pyrrhic spring campaign. In the fall | Read More »