By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ As I bask in the luxurious serenity of profitable self-employment in the late autumn of my life, I have no reason to worry about succeeding at job interviews. But I am often asked how best to prepare for one. Now why would anyone ask me, you might wonder? Well, maybe they shouldn’t, but the reason they do is because as an American-born, thus … Read the rest
Content 18+ There was a time when news was something you read in print over morning coffee or watched on an evening broadcast. Today, news is a stream, continuous and relentless, capable of shaping perceptions, reinforcing beliefs, and, as some claim, dividing society into impenetrable ideological camps. But is this truly the fault of “the media,” or is there something subtler at work?
Let us, like curious scientists, examine the … Read the rest
Content 18+ Nations often look to their past with nostalgia, a powerful motivator that, though seemingly benign, can become a trap. The call to “make the nation great again” is one such lure, a phrase that is both alluring and profoundly loaded. Such calls can, paradoxically, contain the seeds of democratic erosion—an erosion which is all the more insidious because it is often achieved through democratic means.
Consider the example … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ The overwhelming mandate in favor of Donald Trump was also an indictment of the ‘mainstream’ American media. Nothing could be a better statement of the general good sense of the public at large than this categorical rejection of Far Left Wing propaganda, which has been nonstop for years now.
Who am I to say this? Well, I am a 75 year old white male … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ There are a lot of ways to look at Donald Trump’s stunning victory, and perhaps even more ways not to. Among the latter are to demonize Trump and stomp one’s feet about ‘populism’ and start calling every Trump-supporter a nazi or fascist. But beyond the inevitable sour grapes and name calling, there is one error that leaps off the charts: pretending that Trump’s win … Read the rest
