by Philip Farruggio | Jul 28, 2020 | Blog, CounterCurrents
If you watch old footage of WW2 US Army commanders, like Marshall, Eisenhower and even George Patton, they wore regular dress uniforms when not in the midst of combat. Camouflage was worn only in areas of combat, never back at the base or domestically. So, what...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 28, 2020 | Blog, CounterCurrents
“Don’t Need A Weatherman….. to know which way the wind blows.” Yes, another snippet from Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues where Dylan, as only a few great lyricists can do, lays it all out so succinctly. As usual, Dylan’s assessment is right on! I don’t need...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 14, 2020 | Blog, CounterCurrents
First off, this writer is simply a Socialist- not a Marxist or Trotskyite or Stalinist, Leninist or whatever flavor of left wing tastes there are. All of them are categorically better than what we here in Amerika ( and most of the industrialized world) live under....
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 14, 2020 | Blog, CounterCurrents
They’ll be shooting off the fireworks, eating and drinking like ‘ Ants at a picnic’ and sending ‘ Social Distancing’ out the window. Why not? It’s July 4th once again, a time to celebrate. Celebrate what? This pandemic is showing its teeth once again, the economy that...
by Philip Farruggio | Jul 14, 2020 | Blog, CounterCurrents
You know, nations commit sins just as individuals do. Sometimes there is a marriage between individuals and nations that sin as one. This is the case of my dear country, the place of my birth and actually the only country I ever lived in. Being a baby boomer that is...
by Philip Farruggio | Jun 25, 2020 | Blog, CounterCurrents
The great British rock group The Kinks, stars of the 60s ‘ British Invasion’ , outdid themselves in 1979 with ‘ Low Budget’. Check out these lyrics: Cheap is small and not too steep But best of all cheap is cheap Circumstance has forced my hand To be a cut price...
