Ideology Vice Theology

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, I have discussed the nature and effects of ideology before now.  Because the recent USA national election is — primarily, I think — a case study in that nature and its effects, a little AAR on the…

Patriotism, Not Principles; Power, Not Ideology

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Steven, you’re moaning.  Ivana Trump has said that RR encouraged DJT to stand for POTUS. The issue at trial is national sovereignty.  Ideology/principle is not. Conservatives…

Ideology Versus Experience

Belvedere posted on ideology and experience as impulses and motivators of collectivist and conservative frames of reference.  I commented: I think Bob’s point(s) is subtle and potent. He is not saying conservatives have no ideas or ideals. He is saying conservatives revere the eternal verities because their validity and utility are guaranteed by long experience…

Senescence Of An Ideology

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Regarding President(s) Salvation From Hell In Washington D.C., Brussels, London, Caracas, Harare, La Paz, Riyadh, Tehran, Tripoli, Peking, Khartoum, Pretoria and Pakistan we are seeing not the onset, nor yet the rampancy,…

A Coup d’œil – I

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy. As I observe developments inside and beyond our nation’s borders, I am convinced an era of one-power, one-ideology dominance passes ungraciously in fire of its own making and an era of…

Attitudinal Data Points — October 2023 to May 2024 — Let’s Face Facts

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy. We start with the most recent: By dumbing down your schools, you have degraded your own security, military ability, and even moral courage and spiritual serenity. A consequence of Nominalist, Positivist,…

Attitudinal Data Points – August To October 2023 — Let’s Face Facts

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, correlates of the Primakov Doctrine as the root of Russian Foreign Policy. Vladimir Putin and his team reestablish Russia in pan-religious, pan-spiritual cultural ground. Historians generally think that The French Revolution was a rejection of their leadership caste, both civil and religious, by…

Everything Changed On 22 February 2022

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, correlates of the Primakov Doctrine as the root of Russian Foreign Policy. Power Line Blog now illustrates the sitz-im-leben of those who strove all their careers, whether now long or short, to install themselves as masters of the universe. Everything changed for them…

Questions Answered, Three Brothers Doctrine

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. The Rev. David R. GrahamI am on record, read my lips, going…

Peter Putnam, New Rhetorical Construction, And MirrorGazers

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. A writer using the handle MirrorGazers is on the interwebs at work…

The Classical Paradigm For Statecraft — Good As Gold

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. Mr. M. K. Bhadrakumar — Indian Punchline‘Russia alone can already confront the…

Soft Power Or Hard Power, The Data Sets Matter, Not The Algorithms

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. Even Doug Macgregor thinks Putin miscalculated the force required to demilitarize and…

You Can Recognize A Pioneer By The Arrows In His Back

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. A serious epistemological error — producing seriously skewed statecraft assumptions — is…

Strategics, Operations, Tactics

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. This will be a sort of medley of old favorites . .…

Authority, Lawlessness, And Good Order

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. The following luminariespublished thison 06 September 2022. Former Secretaries of Defense Dr.…

Restoration Of National Capability

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. The Composite IndexOf National Capability Real war, between states and coalitions of…