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A great deal of literature, films, novels, histories and legends, myths and religious texts, the stories we tell each other in small gatherings on social media or online center on poetic justice. The bad guy or wrongdoer or evil character, seemingly getting away with terrible acts, time and again, to the consternation or even complicity of authorities, gets their rightful dues in the end.
It is difficult to be enthusiastic about the mediocre. Why is getting a C good? Why is making the team but riding the bench, being the eternal “spare,” a cause for happiness? We all want to be part of Lake Wobegon, as Garrison Keeler described it: belonging to a place where “All the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average .”We are not there, and that is not very reassuring. Perhaps worse yet, we are even more distressed when the mediocre is celebrated.
A few months ago, the Biden Administration granted five U.S. oil companies limited authorization to resume pumping oil from Venezuela. The decision came after the Venezuelan government and the opposition reached a humanitarian relief agreement and to resume negotiations to resolve the country’s political crisis, focusing on Venezuela’s 2024 elections.
In a recent op-ed, TNI editor Jacob Heilbrunn fundamentally misrepresented the Ukraine conflict, ignoring Russian president Vladimir Putin’s determination to retain Crimea and willingness to deploy nuclear weapons.
The Ukraine crisis has more or less reinforced the nearly global view that the world is better served with multipolarity and multilateralism.
On December 7, Peruvian president Pedro Castillo was ousted from office on the grounds of “moral incapacity” immediately after he attempted a self-coup by attempting to dissolve Congress.
The recent hard-fought Brazilian presidential elections resulted in a victory for Luiz Inacio “Lula” Da Silva, who by a small margin defeated the incumbent president, Jair Bolsonaro.
Fleischman makes a compelling argument that an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement requires the cooperation of Arab states. He also argues for Jordanian-West Bank and Egypt- Gaza federations.
A weakened Russia is in the best interests of Israel. We have beaten them before and can again. Historic Russian antisemitism continues to reverberate today, while Ukraine’s war for continued independence deeply resonates with our own War for Independence nearly 8 decades ago.
“Iran poised to strike U.S. from Venezuela with acts of terror”
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A New Era of Digital Asset Foreign Policy
Academic Scholarship vs Ideology
The tragedy of Lebanon
Implications of Florida’s
New Election Laws
Latin America:
Challenges to the United States
Compelling and Practical Analysis of the Middle East Peace Process
The Intersection of National Security and the Florida Tech Ecosystem
The Intersection of National Security and the Florida Tech Ecosystem
Crisis in the Middle East” An analysis of the current situation in the region
Challenges and risks of America’s dependency on China for prescription drugs and antibiotics
Race relations and law enforcement
Contemporary Genocide with Dr. Joel Levin
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