Category Archives: Government
Cinco De Mayo 2013: The Enemy Within
When Cinco de Mayo comes around, the first and last thoughts I have about it are, in order, “shit it’s time for some Corona and tacos” and “crazy how the French were in Mexico all those years ago,” and those are informed thoughts. Most Americans stop at the Corona. Most Americans understand the fifth of […]
Why North Korea is Winning the Battle of Words
My opening is going to be droll, because every time this happens it is so very droll: North Korea is doing it again. They’re posturing against the United States, South Korea and their allies with their ragtag Nuclear Warheads and rocket boosters that are so explosive they tend to break up before coming anywhere near […]
BREAKING NEWS: TYRION LANNISTER ACTOR PETER DINKLAGE REPLACED IN SEASON FOUR
HBO has announced that Peter Dinklage, the actor who plays Tyrion Lannister from its popular television show Game of Thrones, is retiring from playing the role. Mr. Dinklage has won many supporting actor awards for his role as the intelligent, Machiavellian Tyrion. HBO has announced that the actor replacing Mr. Dinklage will be none other […]
The Unknown Unknowns
At the risk of sounding clichéd I want to say: Hitler was crazy. I don’t even need to really explain much beyond that for anyone to agree, and with good reason. His legendary megalomania capitalized on the downfall and subsequent chaos in Germany after World War One to secure for himself the single most powerful […]
What the European Union Could Be
In 1945 Europe had a lot of talking to do. In a historian’s view Europe had been in a state of open conflict and chaos starting with World War One in 1914, something that carried through 1945 with World War Two. In reality, there was really only a pause, not a complete halt in the […]
The Sequester and what it says about “Our” Politicians.
What happens when politicians can’t agree? The question itself isn’t gigantic or ground-breaking. Indeed, the real point of politics is the representation of different viewpoints, and that means they will inevitably come into conflict with one another. Politicians that don’t agree really just mean they’re doing what we intended them to do at the end […]
US Government Assures World that the Internet Will Remain Free
According to Ars Technica, the United States Government has taken a stance on the internet, at least when it is concerned with other government’s censorship of it. The core principle, according to the resolution by the US Congress: The policy of the United States to promote a global Internet free from government control and to preserve […]
Obama’s War: “Immenience” as a Reason for the Administration’s Targeted Killing Policy
A Department of Justice white paper, entitled ““Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen who is a Senior Operational Leader of Al Qa’ida or An Associated Force” rationalizing the Obama Administration’s targeted killing of Anwar Al-Walaki was leaked to NBC today. Within the sixteen page policy paper, the government lists its rationale […]
Nationsmith Reader Stories: Women and Military Combat Roles – A Female Veteran’s Perspective
By Meme Moore This week Nationsmith hosts one of our reader’s perspectives about the evolving role of women and the United States Military. She is a decorated US Army veteran of the War in Iraq, Meme Moore (under pseudonym) argues against including women in front-line combat roles. This story remains unchanged and unedited from its […]
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