by jeff.sanders | Feb 18, 2020 | Blog
I am currently reading two books, and both are fascinating. I am reading Booker T. Washington’s “Up From Slavery”, and W.E.B. DuBois’ “The Souls of Black Folk.” Both men wrote in a time when black Americans were enormously oppressed...
by dave.zanotti | Feb 3, 2020 | Blog
There are always lots of reflections and opinion about the Super Bowl Halftime show every year. Here is one more, and it is simply an opinion of one viewer. I was confused. In many ways the Super Bowl experience is a window into the soul of American thought and...
by jeff.sanders | Jan 30, 2020 | Blog
I remember waking up the morning of April 25, 1980 to the horrible news that an American special forces rescue team had had a terrible collision in the Iranian desert, and eight U.S. servicemen had been killed. The rescue attempt, Operation Eagle Claw, failed. I...
by jeff.sanders | Jan 23, 2020 | Blog
From November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, the Islamic Republic of Iran held 52 Americans (mostly diplomats) hostage. It lasted 444 days. Islamists who supported the agenda of the Ayatollah Khomeini, attacked the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and captured the Americans. Most...
by jeff.sanders | Jan 17, 2020 | Blog
How did Iran become a theocratic Islamic republic, governed by their version of Sharia, and the world’s largest exporter of terrorism? Iran for most of the 20th century was a peaceful, yet backwards nation. Persia/Iran was a nation that was ignored by the...
by jeff.sanders | Jan 8, 2020 | Blog
Way back in 1990 I clipped an article from Parade Magazine (the little magazine that was found in many editions of the Sunday paper a long time ago). The article was entitled “It’s Such a Pleasure to Learn” and it was the story of John...
