by Gene Richard Moss | Nov 17, 2025 | Law
Note (08DEC2025): A little-noticed item of news, as reported recently in The Wall Street Journal, described how Artificial Intelligence (AI) finally could put an end to the larcenous practice of hourly billing by the merchants of misery, lawyers. Billable hours? One...
by Gene Richard Moss | Oct 20, 2025 | Government
Note (27OCT2025): Loyalty Above All In China, given the recent purging of nine, top military officers, some self-styled pundits claim that Chairman Xi has strengthened his position of power. Really? Those purged were appointed by Mr. Xi himself. Historically, such...
by Gene Richard Moss | Oct 13, 2025 | Government, Military
“The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived.” -Petronius (1st-century A.D.) We Americans tend to be a gullible lot, especially when it comes to official governmental pronouncements. Are we being fooled by Mr. Trump’s pronouncement that he...
by Gene Richard Moss | Sep 15, 2025 | Government
“The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” -Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) Let us violate Hegel’s observation. Let us learn from history, else we shall wallow in the ignorance spewed by Major Media and drown in the arrogance pedaled by...
by Gene Richard Moss | Aug 18, 2025 | Government, Military
“Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur. The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived.” -Petronius (1st-century A.D.) So it is here in these United States. Our politicians have been deceiving us gullible masses about the Russo-Ukrainian War for the benefit of...
by Gene Richard Moss | Aug 11, 2025 | Government
“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” -H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) As that which some might call a big-time grifter, Mr. Trump seems to have been a keen believer in Mr. Mencken’s opinion. Over the years, Mr. Trump’s commercial...
by Gene Richard Moss | Jul 21, 2025 | Government
Note (04AUG2025): A Chinese Sandwich Chairman Xi finds himself like a piece of salami between two pieces of incompatible bread. One piece is his alliance with Russia, a former adversary of China. The other, his antagonism with these United States, a current adversary...
by Gene Richard Moss | Jun 16, 2025 | Military
NOTE (14JUL2025): Israel & Iran: Henry Kissinger (1923-2023) said, “The guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win”. So it is between Israel and Iran or, more precisely, Israel and Iranian proxies. Whereas Israel...
by Gene Richard Moss | May 26, 2025 | Miscellaneous
“Happy Memorial Day! Good news! We’re celebrating Memorial Day with a special ‘sale’ on top of our everyday ‘sale’. One day only … unless, of course, we extend it as we always do.” A commercial fitting for a nation that has abandoned God...
by Gene Richard Moss | Apr 14, 2025 | Law
Note (19MAY2025): REBELLION AND PATRIOTISM Clearly, our Founding Fathers accepted rebellion against tyranny, including violent rebellion. They themselves were rebels not patriots, a term often misapplied to them. The Tories loyal to the Crown were the patriots. These...
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