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re: Honduras Developments (Francisco Wong-Diaz, US)

Francisco Wong-Diaz writes:

The Honduran “plot” thickens. Another aspect of the Zelaya ousting is his alleged connection to drug trafficking. As noted below, four Republican [...] Continue Reading…

re: Honduras Developments (David Crow, US)

David Crow responds to Randy Black’s post of 3 July:

I would never claim to be an expert on Honduran constitutional law, but I also [...] Continue Reading…

US: Fourth of July Greetings (John Heelan, UK)

From the Mother Country, John Heelan writes:

A happy and safe Independence Day from this side of the water!

(However please note: [...] Continue Reading…

US: on the Signers of the Declaration of Independence (Mike Delong, US/UAE)

Mike Delong writes:

I know that WAIS doesn’t normally publish things like this, but I think it will be interesting for scholars both in and [...] Continue Reading…

US: Fourth of July Thoughts (Richard Hancock, US)

Richard Hancock writes:

Since we celebrate our national holiday today, some thoughts are appropriate. I have no fondness for modern music but I do like [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Michael Jackson, Jerry Lewis…and Elvis (Tim Brown, US)

While exploring conspiracy theories, Alain de Benoist wrote on 3 July:

Some people still believe that Elvis Presley is living somewhere. Gullibility has no [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Michael Jackson, Jerry Lewis and Conspiracy Theories (Mike Bonnie, US)

Alain de Benoist wrote on 3 July:

Conspiracy theories are a great thing…[and]…The idea that the French “worship” Jerry Lewis is completely new to me. [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Michael Jackson, Jerry Lewis and Conspiracy Theories (Eugen Solf, Germany)

Eugen Solf responds to Alain de Benoist’s post of 3 July:

I fear I cannot contribute in a WAISly way to this subject, but [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: in Honor of Neda (Nushin Namazi, US)

Returning to the topic of Neda Agha-Soltan, the 27 year-old woman recently killed in the Tehran protests, Nushin Namazi writes:

Neda is just one victim [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Obama’s Presidency at Six Months (John Heelan, UK)

Nigel Jones wrote on 3 July:

I didn’t say that Bush was good (God forbid!)–merely that Obama is shaping up to be as bad (albeit [...] Continue Reading…

Philippines Report (George Krajcsik, US)

Checking in during his massive round-the-world tour, George Krajcsik writes:

Greetings from the Philippines, our second stop in a seven-week, three-country holiday travel. The [...] Continue Reading…

re: Education: Student Apathy in Catalunya (Jordi Molins Coronado, Spain)

Jordi Molins Coronado writes:

Henry Levin (30 June) wrote some insightful comments about Catalan and Spanish society. I completely agree with his observations about low [...] Continue Reading…

re: Honduras Developments (Randy Black, US)

Randy Black writes:

Regarding Tim Brown, Alan Levine and other’s recent comments on the legality or sensibility of the change in the administration of [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Obama’s Presidency at Six Months (Bienvenido Macario, Philippines/US)

Bienvenido Macario writes:

In the last six months, Pres. Obama has been trying to accomplish too much too soon.
Among them are health care reform, consumer [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Obama’s Presidency at Six Months (Nigel Jones, UK)

Nigel Jones responds to John Heelan’s post of 2 July:

I didn’t say that Bush was good (God forbid!)–merely that Obama is shaping up to [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Michael Jackson, Jerry Lewis and Conspiracy Theories (Alain de Benoist, France)

Alain de Benoist writes:

Conspiracy theories are a great thing! Michael Jackson is still not buried that conspiracy theories are already surfacing in the US. [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: Telecommunications Control; the Carnivore System (Istvan Simon, US)

Istvan Simon responds to Cameron Sawyer’s post of 2 July:

As usual, Cameron makes many excellent points, but perhaps I should point out that to [...] Continue Reading…

re: Honduras: Political Developments (Tim Brown, US)

Tim Brown writes:

Events in Honduras pose an interesting question.

Zelaya, a democratically elected President, wants to run for re-election but the Constitution does [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: Telecommunications Control (Istvan Simon, US)

Istvan Simon responds to Cameron Sawyer’s post of 30 June:

There seems to be some misunderstanding here. The Carnivore System, implemented under the Clinton administration, [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Michael Jackson (Vincent Littrell, US)

Vincent Littrell responds to Alain de Benoist’s post of 30 June:

Alain has written something that I absolutely agree with! For me this is [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Michael Jackson (Henry Levin, US)

On 30 June, five days after the event, Alain de Benoist brought up Michael Jackson’s death on WAIS for the first time. Henry [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Michael Jackson; Events in Honduras (Nigel Jones, UK)

Nigel Jones responds to Alain de Benoist’s post of 30 June:

For once, I am in absolute agreement with Alain (at least about Michael Jackson; [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Michael Jackson (Eugen Solf, Germany)

Eugen Solf responds to Alain de Benoist’s post of 30 June:

Over the weekend I traveled in and around Berlin and Northern Germany and so [...] Continue Reading…

Religion: Europe’s Last Pagans (Cameron Sawyer, Russia)

Cameron Sawyer writes:

We’ve talked quite a bit about religion lately. WAISers may be interested to know that paganism–or if you like, traditional religion–is [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Michael Jackson (Alan Levine, US)

Alan Levine responds to Alain de Benoist’s post of 30 June:

The constant attention to Michael Jackson is repellent. American news stations such as CNN [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Michael Jackson (Robert McCabe, France)

Robert McCabe responds to Alain de Benoist’s post of 30 June:

I live in France. I very much doubt that French TV news has recently [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: on Labor Unrest: Eugene Debs and the Pullman Strike (Randy Black, US)

Randy Black writes:

Bienvenido Marario gave information about various strikes and labor related issues in his 29 June post.

As a result of a graduate-level history [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: Telecommunications Control (Edward Jajko, US)

Ed Jajko responds to Randy Black’s post of 29 June:

This is nothing new. When I was working with a librarian in Tehran who [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: Telecommunications Control (Cameron Sawyer, Russia)

Cameron Sawyer responds to Randy Black’s post of 29 June:

I am not defending the regime in Iran, but real-time monitoring of 100% of internet [...] Continue Reading…

re: Education: Student Apathy in Catalunya (Henry Levin, US/Spain)

Henry Levin writes:

I hope that you and Aldona are enjoying the Granite State of New Hampshire. [We certainly are, though it's been rainy--JE.] Here [...] Continue Reading…

re: Honduras: US State Department Report (Tim Brown, US)

Tim Brown writes:

For the faithful few following Honduras, here is the 29 June State Department’s daily press take on events there:

Honduras: Zelaya Removal. Most [...] Continue Reading…

re: Honduras: Political Developments (Francisco Wong-Diaz, US)

Francisco Wong-Diaz writes:

As the Obama Administration prepares to join Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua in leading the charge in the OAS against the recent Honduran [...] Continue Reading…

re: Honduras: Political Developments; on Michael Jackson (Alain de Benoist, France)

Alain de Benoist writes:

Tim Brown (29 June ) asked WAISers “how they want to characterize” the recent events in Honduras.

On the basis of the [...] Continue Reading…

re: Honduras: Political Developments (David Crow, US)

David Crow responds to Tim Brown’s post of 29 June:

Actually, there is great clarity on how to “characterize” the ousting
of Honduras’s Manuel Zelaya: [...] Continue Reading…

Iran: Telecommunications Control (Randy Black, US)

Randy Black writes:

In a PR nightmare for German firm Siemens and for Finnish firm Nokia, CNN and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that [...] Continue Reading…

re: Education: on Conformity, Protests, and Textbooks (Bienvenido Macario, Philippines/US)

Bienvenido Macario writes:

Mike Bonnie’s 28 June post about The Bay View Massacre of 1886 brings to mind two other bloody confrontations the American Labor [...] Continue Reading…

re: Education: on Student Apathy (Charles Ridley, US)

Charles Ridley writes:

When the Berlin Wall went up, I was recalled to active duty in the Army and had to resign my Stanford NDFL [...] Continue Reading…

Honduras: Political Developments (Tim Brown, US)

Tim Brown writes:

Having been involved with Central America since 1956, including serving in the Embassy in Honduras for almost four years, I’ve been
following with [...] Continue Reading…

re: China: Postmodern Financing and Health Care (Alain de Benoist, France)

Alain de Benoist writes:

Redistributive systems like the one pleasantly described by Jordi Molins (28 June, “The Optimal Taxation of Height”) are not the only [...] Continue Reading…

re: China: Postmodern Financing and Health Care (Cameron Sawyer, Russia)

Cameron Sawyer responds to Jordi Molins Coronado’s post of 28 June:

I agree with Jordi’s idea that our tax system heavily penalizes poor people working [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran and Venezuela (John Heelan, UK)

When commenting Istvan Simon’s post of 28 June, JE wrote:

I still cannot find anything about Venezuelan security forces cracking down on protesters in Tehran. [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran and Venezuela (Istvan Simon, US)

Istvan Simon writes:

John Eipper (28 June) asked me where I got the information that Iran uses the Venezuelan military in its repression forces. This [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: Human Rights (Sardar Haddad, US; ex-Iran)

Sardar Haddad writes:

Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, one of the leaders of the Islamic republic, said Iranians who participated in the protests against the regime are [...] Continue Reading…

Iran: Politics and Religion (Richard Hancock, US)

Richard Hancock writes:

An article in the June 26 WSJ by Yaroslav Trofimov of Turkey and Gina Chon of Najaf, Iraq, “Iran’s Turmoil Opens Rift [...] Continue Reading…

WAIS: A Midsummer’s Appeal for Donations (John Eipper, US)

Dear WAISers:

An entire spring has passed without me hounding the WAIS multitudes for donations/pledges/handouts. National Public Radio, we’re not! Times are tough [...] Continue Reading…

re: Education: on Protest, Conformity and Textbooks (Mike Bonnie, US)

Siegfried Ramler wrote on 26 June:

Typically history texts do not offer captivating reading, tending to remove the student from the impact and dynamism of [...] Continue Reading…

re: Hungary: Events of 1956 and the Dulles Brothers (Istvan Simon, US)

Istvan Simon responds to the recent postings of Randy Black, Steve Torok, and Robert Gard on the Hungarian Revolution of 1956:

Randy Black’s assessment of [...] Continue Reading…

re: Economics: on Diluting Shares (Cameron Sawyer, Russia)

Cameron Sawyer responds to Istvan Simon’s post of 27 June:

I’d like to comment on the corporate finance part of Istvan’s post.

If you issue new [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: on Conformity and Protests (Alain de Benoist, France)

Alain de Benoist writes:

Richard Hancock (28 June) wrote: “The tribal organization is emotionally supportive of every member of the tribe, but it has its [...] Continue Reading…

re: China: on Postmodern Financing and Health Care (Robert Whealey, US)

Robert Whealey writes:

I agree with Nicholas Ruiz III (27 June) on the need to either
tax the corporations or “set aside” dividends to subsidize the [...] Continue Reading…

: re: China: Postmodern Financing and Health Care (Jordi Molins Coronado, Spain)

Jordi Molins responds to Nicholas Ruiz III’s post of 27 June :

There have been many proposals in the past to “tax the rich” in [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: on Conformity and Protests (Randy Black, US)

Randy Black writes:

In his 27 June post, Alain de Benoist made the relevant observation, “It is a good example of the difficulties for individualistic [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: on Conformity and Protests (Istvan Simon, US)

Alain de Benoist wrote on 27 June:

Actually, very few Americans would be revolutionary enough to say they want to abolish the US Constitution. This [...] Continue Reading…

re: Hungary: Events of 1956 (Robert Whealey, US)

Robert Whealey writes:

I was 26 years old and a history student at Oxford in
October 1956. I was attending a Soviet Studies seminar at [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Conformity and Protests (Richard Hancock, US)

Richard Hancock writes:

In response to Alain Benoist’s comment of June 27, I would like to say that living involves choices. The tribal organization is [...] Continue Reading…

re: China: Postmodern Financing and Health Care (Cameron Sawyer, Russia)

Cameron Sawyer responds to Nicholas Ruiz III’s post of 27 June:

This proposal, which is very different from the Chinese scheme, would amount to the [...] Continue Reading…

re: Hungary: Events of 1956; on Dulles (Robert Gard, US)

Robert Gard responds to Randy Black’s post of 27 June:

My basic objection was to the Eisenhower administration’s empty policy of “national liberation,” when it [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: Same-Sex Marriage (Vincent Littrell, US)

Vincent Littrell writes:

If I may make a comment in this thread (from 29 May):

I am no expert on various religious or secular legalities [...] Continue Reading…

Pakistan and the Taliban (Henry Levin, US)

Henry Levin writes:

I have some good links to high-level professionals in Pakistan. I enclose part of a longer message for consideration. For me this [...] Continue Reading…

re: Hungary: Events of 1956 (Randy Black, US)

Randy Black writes:

I am a bit surprised by the content of Robert Gard’s June 26 post that apparently supports John Foster Dulles’s statements that [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: on Conformity and Protests: Guthrie, Oklahoma (Richard Hancock, US)

When commenting Richard Hancock’s post of 26 June, JE wrote:

A fascinating story about the orderly birth of Guthrie, Oklahoma. One thing’s for certain: that [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: on Conformity and Protests (Alain de Benoist, France)

Alain de Benoist writes:

I smiled while reading the story told by Richard Hancock (26 June) about the problems he encountered in the 1950s with [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: “Iran and the West” Documentary (Phyllis Gardner, US)

For those (such as me) who missed the documentary “Iran and the West” last Monday, Phyllis Gardner writes:

This is just to let people know [...] Continue Reading…

Iran: “The Persian Lioness” (Kaveh Farrokh, Canada)

Kaveh Farrokh writes:

WAISers may find the following item of interest:

The Persian Lioness: Iranian Women in History
http://www.kavehfarrokh.com/news/the-persian-lioness-iranian-women-in-history/

JE comments: A very informative and lavishly illustrated [...] Continue Reading…

re: China: Postmodern Financing and Health Care (Nicholas Ruiz III, US)

Nicholas Ruiz III replies to Cameron Sawyer’s postings of 24 and 25 June:

It’s the concept really…you’ll have to come off of the Cartesian grid [...] Continue Reading…

re: Hungary: Events of 1956 (Steve Torok, Thailand)

Steve Torok writes:

When trying to write my memoirs, I face the challenge: what made me into what I am? As with the Spanish Civil [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: in Honor of Neda (Nigel Jones, UK)

Nigel Jones responds to John Heelan’s post of 25 June:

I’m afraid that I understand John Heelan all too well. After asking us to [...] Continue Reading…

Iran: in Honor of Neda (Sardar Haddad, US; ex-Iran)

Nigel Jones wrote on 25 June:

I just do not understand why John Heelan (25 June) and other WAISers are so keen to leap to [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: in Honor of Neda (Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, US; ex-Iran)

Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich responds to Nigel Jones and Istvan Simon’s recent postings on the death in Tehran of Neda Agha-Soltan:

There is no compensation for [...] Continue Reading…

re: Hungary: Events of 1956 (Miles Seeley, US)

Miles Seeley responds to Istvan Simon’s post of 25 June:

In all my years in the CIA, I never heard even a rumor about Agency [...] Continue Reading…

re: Hungary: Events of 1956 (Gene Franklin, US)

Istvan Simon wrote on 25 June:

According to a recently released book, based on information obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the CIA could [...] Continue Reading…

re: Hungary: Events of 1956 (Robert Gard, US)

Robert Gard responds to Istvan Simon’s post of 25 June:

I’m surprised that Istvan apparently is unaware of the openly declared Eisenhower policy of “Liberation” [...] Continue Reading…

re: Education: on Protests, Conformity and Textbooks (Henry Levin, US)

Henry Levin responds to Mike Bonnie’s post of 25 June:

The best answer to this question, in my view, is found in Barrington Moore Jr., [...] Continue Reading…

re: Education: on Protest, Conformity and Textbooks (Siegfried Ramler, US)

Siegfried Ramler responds to Mike Bonnie’s post of 25 June:

The examination of the role and impact of textbooks in curriculum,
both in the United States [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: on Protest (Alan Levine, US)

Alan Levine writes:

The discussion that has been taking place (Tor Guimaraes 20 June, Mike Bonnie 25 June, and several others) trying to explain the [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: in Honor of Neda (John Heelan, UK)

Nigel Jones wrote on 25 June:

I just do not understand why John Heelan (25 June) and other WAISers are so keen to leap to [...] Continue Reading…

re: USSR/US: on Fomenting Protests (Miles Seeley, US)

JE asked Miles Seeley on 24 June:

During the Cold War CIA and KGB officers “in the field” certainly respected each other, but did they [...] Continue Reading…

re: Religion: Christianity in the West; on Marvin Olasky (Henry Levin, US)

Responding to Randy Black’s post of 24 June, (a very tired) Henry Levin writes:

Today [24 June; this message arrived yesterday--JE] is La Festa de [...] Continue Reading…

re: Hungary: Events of 1956 (Istvan Simon, US)

Istvan Simon responds to Alain de Benoist’s post of 24 June:

In a recent semi-private conversation, in which I asked Alain de Benoist why he [...] Continue Reading…

re: US: on Protest, Conformity and Textbooks (Mike Bonnie, US)

Tor Guimaraes asked on 20 June:

Why is it that the American people, no matter how frustrated with their government, do not seem to have [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: in Honor of Neda (Nigel Jones, UK)

Nigel Jones writes:

I just do not understand why John Heelan (25 June) and other WAISers are so keen to leap to the defence of [...] Continue Reading…

re: Hungary: Events of 1956 (Alain de Benoist, France)

Alain de Benoist writes:

John Eipper asked me (24 June) to write more about the attack on the CP building in Paris at the time [...] Continue Reading…

re: USSR/US: on Fomenting Protests (Alan Levine, US)

Alan Levine responds to Miles Seeley’s post of 24 June:

A question for Miles Seeley: were you ever involved in dealing with the intellectuals involved [...] Continue Reading…

re: China: Postmodern Financing and Health Care (Cameron Sawyer, Russia)

Cameron Sawyer writes:

I’m not quite sure what Mike Bonnie (24 June) is saying.

For anyone to whom all this was unclear–China ordered listed (public) companies [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: in Honor of Neda (John Heelan, UK)

Vincent Litrell wrote on 25 June:

It appears my initial assessment might have been incorrect in the sense that the protests in Iran are having [...] Continue Reading…

re: USSR/US: on Fomenting Protests (Miles Seeley, US)

Miles Seeley responds to Cameron Sawyer’s post of 23 June:

Of course the Soviet Union fomented revolts all over the world. That was one of [...] Continue Reading…

re: China: Postmodern Financing and Health Care (Mike Bonnie, US)

On 23 June, Nicholas Ruiz III wrote of China’s plan to require state-owned companies to place 10% of their stock in a pension trust. [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: in Honor of Neda (Vincent Littrell, US)

Vincent Littrell writes:

In response to Istvan Simon’s post of 23 June, a couple of thoughts on Iran:

The Washington Post’s David Ignatius wrote the [...] Continue Reading…

re: China: Postmodern Financing and Health Care (Cameron Sawyer, Russia)

On 23 June, Nicholas Ruiz III wrote of China’s plan to require state-owned companies to place 10% of their stock in a pension trust. [...] Continue Reading…

re: Hungary: Events of 1956 (Alain de Benoist, France)

Istvan Simon wrote on 23 June:

I witnessed as a 10 year-old the Hungarian revolution of 1956. Much of my political outlook, my love of [...] Continue Reading…

re: Religion: Christianity in the West; on Marvin Olasky (Randy Black, US)

Randy Black writes:

I fear that in his 21 June post, Henry Levin overstated the connection of World Magazine editor Marvin Olasky to George Bush [...] Continue Reading…

Iran: Two Books on Mossadegh (Nushin Namazi, US)

Nushin Namazi writes:

For those WAISers who are waiting for an answer on Mossadegh and his British ties, there are two books, both in Persian, [...] Continue Reading…

China: Shanghai Postcard (George Krajcsik, US)

George Krajcsik writes:

A verbal postcard from our summer travels: I write this from a small town, Baliwag, in the Philippines. We just [...] Continue Reading…

Spain/Catalunya: Sant Joan (Henry Levin, US)

Henry Levin writes:

I arrived in Catalunya Monday morning after an all-night flight, and my wife picked me up at the airport for our trip [...] Continue Reading…

China: Postmodern Financing and Health Care (Nicholas Ruiz III, US)

Nicholas Ruiz III writes:

I suppose we could afford universal health care, by following such a paradigm:

Beijing orders stock transfer of 10%

By Kathrin Hille in [...] Continue Reading…

Iran: in Honor of Neda (Istvan Simon, US)

Istvan Simon writes:

I witnessed as a 10 year-old the Hungarian revolution of 1956. Much of my political outlook, my love of freedom, my [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: Elections and Aftermath; US Parallels (Cameron Sawyer, Russia)

Robert Gard asked on 22 June:

Given the pressures for our governmental leaders to speak out in support of the demonstrators in Iran, I [...] Continue Reading…

re: China: 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square (Siegfried Ramler, US)

Siegfried Ramler responds to William Ratliff’s post of 21 June:

Appreciated Bill Ratliff’s lucid analysis of the Tiananmen event and
its impact on China. [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: Elections and Aftermath; US Parallels (John Heelan, UK)

Robert Gard asked on 22 June:

Given the pressures for our governmental leaders to speak out in support of the demonstrators in Iran, I wonder [...] Continue Reading…

re: Iran: Elections and Aftermath; on Protest and Civil Disobedience (Miles Seeley, US)

Miles Seeley writes:

I was born near Chicago and lived through the time of Mayor Daley (and the Depression), so hard times and voting “irregularities” [...] Continue Reading…