by dave.zanotti | May 3, 2022 | Blog
By now you have heard of the leak of a draft opinion by a five Justice majority of the United States Supreme Court. These are the words that conclude that draft opinion. If this is the final decision of the majority of the Court it will be a rare moment in history...
by jeff.sanders | Apr 30, 2022 | Blog
Chiang Kai-Shek (1887-1975), was the de facto leader of the Republic of China from 1948-49 on the mainland, then from 1949 until his death in 1975 in Taiwan. Chiang served under Sun Yat Sen in the early years of the overthrow of the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty. As a...
by jeff.sanders | Apr 28, 2022 | Blog
Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925) is the father of modern China, and is much revered by both the free Chinese in the Republic of China on Taiwan, and also by the communists in mainland China. Today we would probably call him an outstanding man of many contradictions. He was...
by jeff.sanders | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog
The large island due east of mainland China, Taiwan, continues to be in the news because the communist government in Beijing believes that the island is a renegade province and should be forcibly brought under the control of their government. Fighter jets from the...
by jeff.sanders | Apr 19, 2022 | Blog
On November 30, 1939 Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Army invaded Finland. The Russians had demanded certain tracts of land to be handed over to their control, but the Finns had told them to go pound snow. The Russians responded by invading with an army of half a million...
by dave.zanotti | Apr 7, 2022 | Blog
To one who has never seen Augusta National as the late day sun begins to touch the pines, this story will be hard to believe. On Monday, April 4th, a spontaneous crowd gathered at the ninth hole to witness a moment of history. The rumors flew across grounds all day of...
