Author Archives: johnrubens

White Man’s Burden [influenced by @CNN]. We killed the natives as surely as the German’s did those not attuned to #liebensraum plans./#manifestdestiny.   See “white man’s burden” announced by the character played by Jack Nicholson in The Shining [in that … Continue reading →

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/johnadams-may-not-have-been-the-only-signer-of-the-declaration-of-independence-but-he-was-still-alive-to-see-and-act-as-vice-president-while-much-of-the-constitution-was-being-drawn-up-a-major-lawy Citations in title of wordpress and twitter posts are from John Adams, a biography by David McCullough (2001) at 418.

It’s globalism, the U.S. Constitution and it’s applicability to refugees isn’t it? How does Merrick Garland weigh in on the dilemma of colliding worlds? What about that GDP metric and climate change, transboundary air pollution? https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/dear-potus-youre-still-high-on-my-list-of-admired-presidents-your-family-is-admirable-but-somethings-wrong-whats-in-store-for-us

2 1 a #kibbutz, to another a #slave camp, to a third a #sanctuary with #bike paths to more #places than they’ve ever seen before. #Refugee x # of https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/what-does-each-refugee-seek-after-the-refuge-is-dealt  

All review citations are to the publication Foreign Affairs, Volume 95, Number 5, [aka September/October 2016]. Juicy: International Monetary Cooperation: Lessons From the Plaza Accord After Thirty Years, Edited by C. FRED BERGSTEN AND RUSSELL A GREEN. Peterson Institute for International Economics, … Continue reading →

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When 1 sees want & death around oneself, if ur like us, the senses get deadened to much misery. Some, like #MotherTheresa @POTUS don’t tire of doing good. Potus can be many of the Presidents we’ve had in different ways … Continue reading →

I thought of a novel that will probably never get written, at least not by you.  It’s about an incursion of refugees, fugitives, vagabonds and thieves into the United States and the “Second Amendment people” or “Alt-Right” people of which … Continue reading →

“[Masood] explores ongoing efforts to develop a satisfactory substitute, [supplement or corollary to the Gross Domestic Product number] that would yield a more accurate picture of economic activity and its effects.” From Cooper’s book review of The Great Invention: The … Continue reading →

#ELIZABETH [#TheGreatGatsby]: No thanks, I feel just as good without nothin’ at all. [New York Historical Fiction] A Film based on the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald “I decided to get roaring drunk.” Nick Carraway, narrator.           … Continue reading →