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The Fatal American Error by Andy Joppa   (Note: One of the rules of my writing life is to never write and publish when I’m angry…really angry. Today, I will violate that rule because this topic deserves my unrestrained, and angry, commitment.)   Quite simply, so you don’t have to read any further unless you choose, what many Americans get …

America 2022; “1984” or “Brave New World”? by Andy Joppa   Below is an extract from the foreword of Neil Postman’s book, “Amusing Ourselves to Death” (Published in 1985).  Postman compared the futuristic projections of Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” to George Orwell’s, “1984”.  His conclusion in 1985 was that Huxley was proving to be more accurate.  I don’t believe Postman would …

Minimalist Positions Needed from The Left by Andy Joppa   Toward the end of my in-class teaching career, more and more students would make blatantly anti-American statements.  I won’t categorize who they were…although I could. Not wanting to suppress their right to have an opinion and discourage them from speaking further, I imposed on them one simple requirement.  Before saying …

Baseball Defined the Best of America by Andy Joppa   I need a break from politics. Don’t we all.  It’s difficult to conceive of how so many people could be involved with something that, at best is purposeless, and at worst is destructive. I also need to escape from my nightmares about the American culture. A culture that has gone …

Will China Have a “Reckoning?” By Andy Joppa   The three extracted quotes that follow best explain the most critical consideration for America’s future; will it prevail over China and the CCP? All information in this essay is extracted from the most significant thinkers in this area…and my own awareness. I’ve left out citations.  If you’re interested…ask.   “The self-defeating …

Lying “Lions” Lying in Wait by Andy Joppa “I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.” Harry S. Truman   A PARABLE FOR OUR TIME:   Once upon a time, a father, in order to protect his home and family from intruders, …

America Must Win, China Will Not Lose by Andy Joppa   “With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countries. What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or Europeans value. Westerners value the freedoms and liberties of the individual. As an Asian of Chinese cultural background, my values are for a government which is …

The Educational Clash of Civilizations by Andy Joppa   Today, after just publishing my essay, The Battle for Freedom, several predictable articles appeared in the U.S. media.  Predictable, in the sense they lay out the advantages enjoyed by the Peoples Republic of China but then offer the required proviso…China is fragile…in many ways a paper tiger.   Ivan Eland, a …

We the Citizens by Andy Joppa   In May of 1954, the following article appeared in The Herald Statesman, the Yonkers, NY, hometown newspaper:   “Is Citizenship Important? was discussed by a group of pupils at today’s Class Day exercises of School Thirteen on McLean Avenue where 104 sixth graders were ‘graduated.’  Miss Mamie V. Herald, principal, welcomed the guests …

Calling 911 By Andy Joppa   Mike frantically called 911. The officious voice of the 911 operator came on the line, “911, what is your emergency?”  Mike yelled, “Someone has broken into my house!” “Sir” came back her condescending voice, “…you must calm down…after all they’ve only broken into your house.” Taken back by her comment he said, “Only? …but…but…they’re …