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We are only one to two generations from the collapse of the largest Communist country the world has ever seen, the USSR. However, we are again seeing that the Communists/ Socialists are making headway in American politics, like Zohran Mamdani in New York, AOC, Bernie...

To understand Iran, you must have some understanding of Iran’ religious composition. The Iranian regime claimed to be 99% Muslim of which 90% in Iran are Shia . Actual numbers are considerably different. 72% of the population does not agree with the mandate for women...

I predict the anti-theocratic Iranian people will rise up again, but this time they will have a better chance of succeeding. Iran is as close as ever in forty-seven years to being able to topple their ruthless theocratic government stuck in the last millennium. The...

By all measures, Iran should be one of the most successful countries in the world. It has a population of nearly 90 million people, who are generally well-educated. It has immense natural resources. It has 11.4% of the world's oil reserves and 18% of the world’s...

I have eaten raw oysters much of my adult life. I have been aware of the risks, but since I had no experience of getting sick from eating raw oysters, I did not pay much attention to that warning, thinking I must be immune. Our family vacation this year was to Hawaii,...

I was going through my pictures and came across the one above. It is one that demands an essay. So here it is: These three, Hitler, Stalin, and Putin, have shaped at least a hundred years of our history. There are some very strong similarities among these three...