In Shōsan’s Shadow

In Shōsan’s Shadow

Rise with fierce resolve.Life’s hardships are temple bells,ringing you awake. A sword left unsheathed,cuts through the illusions deep;truth sharpens the blade. Chop wood, carry water—the mountain bows to effort,not to idle pleas. Fire cannot burn onewho steps forward,...
Freedom As A Virtue

Freedom As A Virtue

Inflation and economic anxiety, political polarization, climate change, and threats to democracy are some of the issues that weigh heavily on the American people. These challenges have led to fierce debates over policies and rights—but despite the hackneyed claim that...
BCD Statement on Cuban Oil Blockade & U.S. Cuban Policy

BCD Statement on Cuban Oil Blockade & U.S. Cuban Policy

For more than two generations, except for a brief détente under Obama, the United States has pursued an escalating campaign of economic warfare against Cuba: a near-total trade embargo, financial isolation, extraterritorial sanctions, and other punishing...
Trumpism: What Is It?

Trumpism: What Is It?

A recent article by Stacie Goddard and Abraham Newman, Further Back to the Future, deserves to be better known and is a good road toward defining Trumpism. To capture what makes this regime distinctive rather than merely bad in familiar ways, one must move beyond...
A New Template for Conflict, But Cuba Poses the Same Old Problems

A New Template for Conflict, But Cuba Poses the Same Old Problems

Let’s examine the recent United States military strike on Venezuela not only as a spectacle, but as a test case. What happened in Caracas in early January was not simply the removal of Nicolás Maduro. It was a demonstration, to Cuba and the world, of how quickly...