2 May, 2024
The Decline of Diplomacy
The Decline of Diplomacy by Derek Royden 581 words In the 2023 Netflix drama, “the Diplomat,” Keri Russell plays Kate...
2 May, 2024
4 Apr, 2024
Post-Imperial Entropy
Post-Imperial Entropy by Derek Royden 702 words According to a recent United Nations report there are more armed conflicts throughout the world...
21 Feb, 2024
Of Olive Trees, Bison and the Dispossessed
Of Olive Trees, Bison and the Dispossessed by Derek Royden 603 words According to a myth about the founding of...
26 Jan, 2024
Manufacturing excuses for the inexcusable
Manufacturing excuses for the inexcusable by Derek Royden 591 words In the more than 100 days since the Israeli Defense...
4 Jan, 2024
Dangerous nostalgia
Dangerous nostalgia by Derek Royden 708 words “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”? –?George Santayana,...
1 Nov, 2023
An eye for an eye? So many are already blind
An eye for an eye? So many are already blind by Derek Royden 654 words In March of 2020, when...
21 Sep, 2023
United States of Amnesia
United States of Amnesia by Derek Royden 607 words Just a little more than 20 years ago, on August 19th,...
7 Aug, 2023
Individualism is killing the planet
Individualism is killing the planet by Derek Royden 632 words On Sunday, June 25th I awoke to the smell of a...
1 Jul, 2023
Echoes of the SS St. Louis today
Echoes of the SS St. Louis today by Derek Royden 671 words On May 13th, 1939, the SS St. Louis,...
24 May, 2023
Moral Panics, Then and Now
Moral Panics, Then and Now by Derek Royden 535 words For at least half a century, at least once every...
12 May, 2023
Facing the reality of a multi-polar world
Facing the reality of a multi-polar world by Derek Royden 719 words The past few months have brought with them...
7 Mar, 2023
Rise of the Mercs and a Race to the Bottom
Rise of the Mercs and a Race to the Bottom by Derek Royden 590 words The history of mercenary fighters–soldiers for hire...
14 Feb, 2023
In Yemen, a Debt That Can Never Be Repaid
In Yemen, a Debt That Can Never Be Repaid by Derek Royden 583 words In a video that first circulated...
16 Jan, 2023
Collateral Damage and Other Slippery Slopes
Collateral Damage and Other Slippery Slopes by Derek Royden 480 words Published in: Bandera Bulletin, Beaumont Enterprise, The Newton Kansan,...
25 Nov, 2022
Lula Da Silva’s election is a victory for the world
On October 30th, Brazilians voted in a presidential runoff election that was won by Luiz ‘Lula’ Ignacio Da Silva. It was a victory by the narrowest of margins, although in fairness, the president elect’s opponent had the clear support of the federal highway patrol, which reportedly set hundreds of roadblocks in areas of the country that had supported the former president in the first round of voting.