…a concept in geopolitics and espionage where foreign assets in a conspiracy tend to rise to their level of incompetence or point of no future usefulness. ~From The Putin Principle by Vladmir Vladimirovich Putin Today, alleged Russian spy Maria Butina is scheduled to plead guilty in federal court to being an unregistered foreign agent and is … Read more
This should have been a story about how the wealthy and powerful get away with murder, or at least sex trafficking of minors. It begins in March 2005 when a 14-year-old girl and her parents tell police the child and a classmate were offered cash to come to the Palm Beach home of Bear Stearns … Read more
Sometimes the process of writing can be as interesting as the product which emerges. ~Dr. ESP As was the case on Thanksgiving Day, the inspiration for a particular blog entry often comes from Deprogramming101 subscribers. Not when they share a news article or commentary and say, “You know, you should write about this.” But in … Read more
There are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is no such thing as a dumb question. ~Carl Sagan During my time as a professor at Miami University, once a week I would reserve 10 to 15 minutes for what … Read more
On October 30th, I posted a parody of the Orson Welles 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds. It appears the similarities between H.G. Wells’ story of a Martian invasion and the refugee caravan bringing crime and disease to the United States does not end there. Below is the front page from the October 31, 1938 New … Read more