Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson

Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson

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The Long Presidential Transition Time is Dangerous
It is time to end the lame-duck presidency. Trump should be President sooner.
 • Albert Russell Thompson
Charlie Kirk was not a martyr for free speech. It is worse than that.
When opponents become less than human, law cannot hold the line alone.
 • Albert Russell Thompson
Graft, the Fake Moral Scapegoating of Gays, and Fascist Gangsterism
What the Night of the Long Knives Teaches Us About Fascism
 • Albert Russell Thompson
The Great Years and the Chief Days
The Slower Burn of History
 • Albert Russell Thompson
France is Throwing Microsoft out the Windows
France’s decision to phase out Microsoft Windows marks a strategic shift toward European digital sovereignty as trust in American tech ecosystems…
 • Albert Russell Thompson
Facing Difficulty: Rhetoric and Responsibility in an Age of Alarm
We do not lack solutions. We lack the disciplined speech that makes collaborative solutions possible.
 • Albert Russell Thompson
Of Fists and F-bombs
He said all the young men, without fail, dropped and grabbed their weapons.
 • Albert Russell Thompson
When Truth Comes Late: The Social Politics of Scams, Myths, Shame, and Recovering Ourselves
We do not know how we ended up here, but we want out. And still, we are afraid to ask for directions back, because we cannot trust ourselves to follow…
 • Albert Russell Thompson
Amorality is not realism
Is U.S. foreign policy realistic? A historian's take on why the content of our national character matters for foreign relations, trade and national…
 • Albert Russell Thompson
The High Cost of Incompetence: Why the Islamic Republic is going down the drain of history
Why the Islamic Republic failed: Dr. Thompson assesses 100 years of Iranian "institutional sclerosis," from Allied occupations to the end? of the…
 • Albert Russell Thompson
Palestine Wasn't Conquered from Arabs or by Israelis. Here's the Truth.
The 400-Year Rule Erased from the Story
 • Albert Russell Thompson
A War Begins on Dark Water
Wednesday July 29, 1914
 • Albert Russell Thompson
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