—Odysseus The Wall Street Journal, on August 9, 2012, questioned whether or not this presidency is the first “postmodern” presidency. In the article, they went on to define “postmodernism” as essentially “the literary theory that rejects objective reality and insists…
American Embassy Stormed on 9/11: It’s Not Because of a Film
by Odysseus Here, at The Cassandra Times, we believe that it is our primary mission to give you, our readers, the analysis to make sense of the news of the day. Oftentimes the “traditional media” misinforms the public (or disinforms the…
The Age of Celebrity Will Soon Be Over
by Polydamas In February of 1968, the famous American pop artist Andy Warhol made a most insightful observation which secured him inclusion in the book Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. Warhol said,”In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.”…
We Built the “America I Know”
— by Odysseus This is the inspirational speech delivered at the Republican National Convention by Mia Love, former mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, who is currently running for the Utah’s Fourth District United States House of Representatives: “Let me tell…
An Evolutionary Defense of Natural Law Theory
— by Odysseus In the Republican Convention and, generally, in the remarks now being made by GOP candidates or commentators, there is a welcome increase in the mention of the term “natural law” or, even more frequently, a reference to…
Democracy 101 — The Secret Ballot and Why “Vote by Mail” must be abolished
— by Odysseus One would have thought that this article would be unnecessary. There was a time when “civics” was taught in the public schools. Later, the “civics” portion of the curriculum was picked up by the “American History” classes.…