by Dr. Martin Blinder | Feb 5, 2017 | Socio-Political Commentary
So, with control of both houses of Congress and the White House it would appear the Republicans are well on their way to keeping their promise: repeal of “Obamacare.” Not since their failed effort to block the creation of social security in the 1930’s...
by Dr. Martin Blinder | Jan 29, 2017 | Asides, Comedy, Socio-Political Commentary
Editor The Daily Mail Northcliffe House 2 Derry Street London, W8 5TT ENGLAND January 28, 2017 To the Editor: This letter is prompted by the distinct element of despair I have discerned in Professor Max Hastings’ (and others’) periodic...
by Dr. Martin Blinder | Nov 7, 2016 | Socio-Political Commentary, Socio-Political Videos
Some comments on the US 2016 Presidential Election
by Dr. Martin Blinder | Sep 29, 2014 | Socio-Political Commentary
There is much talk now in Congress about coming up with the money to fund several local militia in a campaign against the latest ideological Muslim terrorist group: ISIS. We shouldn’t do it. In our long, storied history of trying to bring peace and justice to the...
by Dr. Martin Blinder | Sep 19, 2014 | Socio-Political Commentary
I am bemused, astonished and dismayed by the sheer volume of words squandered over the past century on explicating the supposed complexities of the causes of the first World War. I grieve for the hectares of trees whose wood might otherwise have gone to the...
by Dr. Martin Blinder | Jul 18, 2014 | Socio-Political Commentary
Adding together firearm deaths due to suicide, homicide or accident, guns kill approximately 32,000 Americans every year. Contrast the number of Americans killed per annum by international terrorists since 9/11: None. Yet a nation which, given the clout of the...
