"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell Darryl Dash posted that quote on Twitter and it set me to thinking. I am writing this post half a world away from Canada, on a vacation. Right now, another world away,
A succinct analysis of how we got into this mess.
This is a loaded question. I spent an entire class last semester discussing this question and I still have yet to come to a conclusion. I had one professor, who was rather nihilistic, describe it as useless, but fun. Sometimes I have a hard time disagreeing. I think Churchill said something along the lines of,
Sounds like something out of the future, doesn't it? What is incredible is that they were developed in the 1920s and 30s. The U.S. Navy used Zeppelins to launch and retrieve airplanes for reconaissance purposes. Even more fascinating is seeing the pictures. Even though Zeppelins had a spectacular failure rate (all but one crashed) it