17 Dec, 2024
An Antiwar President?
An Antiwar President? by Derek Royden 597 words In at least three separate elections, Donald J. Trump was portrayed by...
17 Dec, 2024
14 Nov, 2024
The Slow Decline of the Press
The Slow Decline of the Press by Derek Royden 677 words “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,”...
16 Oct, 2024
The Growing Threat of ‘Robotic’ Warfare
The Growing Threat of ‘Robotic’ Warfare by Derek Royden 528 words On October 7th, 2001, the first reported use of a weaponized...
13 Sep, 2024
Disinformation from All “Great” Powers
Disinformation from All “Great” Powers by Derek Royden 642 words On June 14th, Reuters broke a story so shocking that it should...
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...
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...