Prelude to World War: We Are Hungry in Three Languages: by John Stanton…

On 24 February 2014 US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel held a press conference to announce some of the details of Pentagon’s 2015 budget. Beyond the news of cuts in warfighting machinery and personnel–and the pox of “irresponsible” sequestration on the federal government–Hagel made a point of indicating that the world is becoming an increasingly […]

Delusion is the West’s friend…

Western analysts like to delude themselves with the false idea that Russia and China are rivals – but they have been driven together strategically by a common foe – the U.S. and NATO… Discounting Russia or China in the equation is very dangerous and very stupid. Russia can deliver insurmountable harm to Western interests in […]

Optina Monastery near Kozelsk in Russia (8)

The Optina Hermitage (Russian: Оптина пустынь, Optina Pustyn) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk in Russia. While much about the founding of this monastery is unknown and or not allowed public. The monastery is an extremely important spiritual center of the Orthodox Church… Most of the monastery buildings were erected at the […]