Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson

Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson

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A Formidable Technocrat and Chaotic Graft
Canada's Prime Minister made his case to American finance. The data is compelling to world.
May 29 • Albert Russell Thompson
Before the Reichstag Fire
The 1927 Vienna Palace of Justice fire — how a political acquittal, paramilitary violence, and a police massacre pushed Austria toward authoritarianism.
May 27 • Albert Russell Thompson
The Severity of Grace: Christianity and the Imperial Legacy
Does Christian grace permit historical comparison — or demand accountability by its own highest standards? A scholar examines the issue of empire.
May 25 • Albert Russell Thompson
Albertan Secessionism and the American Founders Canadian Exception
Danielle Smith’s 2026 Alberta referendum could disrupt the US electoral map.
May 23 • Albert Russell Thompson
Blood and Iron, Coal and Oil
World War Wednesday: the struggle for strategic resources
May 20 • Albert Russell Thompson
The Myth of the Flawed Vessel: How Political Apologists Weaponize Biblical History
Monday Memo 5/18 AD2026:
May 18 • Albert Russell Thompson
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The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and "Making America Great Again" can go hand in hand...
45/47's Beijing summit reveals a shift in global power as China manages a declining rival while the US struggles with inflation and the war in Iran.
May 15 • Albert Russell Thompson
A murder of crows: the 1930's dark revisionists team up
Hitler was joined by a coalition of willing European powers. Ignoring their agency obscures the true depth of the 1930s rot in the heart of Europe.
May 14 • Albert Russell Thompson
The Analog Fail-safe
In a world of fast AI and digital immediate gratification, old ink and paper methods that restore needed critical focus are an intellectual fail-safe.
May 11 • Albert Russell Thompson
Germany’s Appeasement Delusion
Friedrich Merz’s straight talk about America is a necessary maturation for Germany. In this new period when EU leadership is needed, he must not back…
May 8 • Albert Russell Thompson
The Interwar "Colour" Line: the American blueprints of racial empire
World War Wednesday: The Global Jim Crow
May 7 • Albert Russell Thompson
Abraham Lincoln joined the fight
Monday Memo 5/4/26: How Lincoln stood against the slaveocracy.
May 5 • Albert Russell Thompson
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