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Alexander Hamilton, the Constitution and the Founding of Modern American Finance—by Mark Arnold

Note: I originally wrote and published this article on Alexander Hamilton in 2015. A decade earlier I’d read Ron Chernow’s excellent biography on Hamilton and

Deceit in High Places: The Real Story of the Gulf of Tonkin—by Mark Arnold

Note: During the summer of 1964 I was 13 years old. As had become our family’s summer custom, in late July of that year mom

Human Rights at the Crossroads: A Short History of Liberia-Part II—by Mark Arnold

Note: Between 1989 and 2003 the West African nation of Liberia was nearly destroyed by almost 14 years of continuous civil war during which 250,000

Human Rights at the Crossroads: A Short History of Liberia-Part I—by Mark Arnold

Note: A few months ago in this blog I published an article entitled “From the Other Side of Freedom: The Remarkable, True Story of Jay

From The Other Side of Freedom: The Remarkable, True Story of Jay Yarsiah

Editor’s Note: The story that follows is a first hand account of the recent 14 year civil war in the West African country of Liberia

JFK and the Road to Dallas: Ramping Up The Vietnam War Part V-1956 to 1960-The Growing Insurgency—by Mark Arnold

Note: Presented here is the 5th and final installment of the “JFK and the Road to Dallas: Ramping Up The Vietnam War” series. The whole

Vietnam Footnote: The Pentagon Papers and Roosevelt’s Anti-Colonialism—by Mark Arnold

Preface: In earlier blogs in the “Ramping Up the Vietnam War” series [1]I have made reference to the anti-colonial views of U.S. President Franklin Delano

JFK and the Road to Dallas: Ramping Up the Vietnam War-Part IV—The Geneva Conference, Ed Lansdale and The Saigon Military Mission—by Mark Arnold

Note: This installment is the 4th in the “Ramping Up the Vietnam War” series, which is part of a larger project with the working title

Vietnam Footnote: The Strategy of Peace-The Global Challenge—by John F. Kennedy

Note: Sometimes in the course of research I run into interesting items and incidents of history that provide valuable footnotes to the general subject I

Vietnam Footnote: The Day We Didn’t Go To War—by Mark Arnold

Note: In April of 1954, during the waning days of the First Indochina War, when it became obvious that the French were in serious trouble

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A few years ago I created this website to provide an outlet for my writings and insights gained from political and spiritual research. It is a tool to assert my keenly-felt responsibility to assist our nation chart a course more conducive to survival for ALL people. Along the way it has become increasingly obvious to me that the biggest challenge we face as a people is the preservation and continued assurance of our natural Human Rights as beings, which are part and parcel to our spiritual nature; inalienable and intrinsic to that nature.
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