The Puritan rhetoric (our City on rhe Hill syndrome) which has kept median Americans from realizing how imperialistic we've covertly... [MORE]

Patrick D.Hazard 

Feb 8, 2008 12:03

self-delusion on both an individual and collective basis is crucial for the human psyche. Russians remain proud of the might... [MORE]

Frankly Speaking 

Feb 9, 2008 22:19

The imperial appetite of certain countries has never ended, indeed if anything it has grown. What has changed are the... [MORE]

Siddhartha S.Bhadrakumar 

Feb 10, 2008 23:40

I wonder if Mr. Hazard would have the courage to spout the same if America hadn't saved him and his... [MORE]

Glenn Smith 

Feb 12, 2008 18:15

I've just now had a chance to read "Frankly Speaking".It is a very thoughtful response for which I am grateful.... [MORE]

Patrick D.Hazard 

Feb 13, 2008 10:26

Don't be so quick to assume America is about to elect either a woman or an African American man as... [MORE]

BklynGal305 

Feb 14, 2008 17:38

Dear Mr.Smith: I came not to bury American Exceptionalism but to raise it:-- from Ideals to Realities. I used to... [MORE]

Patrick D.Hazard 

Feb 21, 2008 03:00

Hey Sidd, what have you been smoking? Do you really think China is the victim of imperialism rather than the...

ricardo maxwell 

Feb 21, 2008 08:51

Upon reading Patrick Hazrads article I kept looking for substance, concrete unambiguous facts that would stand alone without the distraction... [MORE]

Michael Rodriguez 

Mar 4, 2008 14:05

So, the burden of the intelligentsia is to show the poor masses the errors of their ways and to enlighten... [MORE]

Paul McCord 

Mar 10, 2008 10:30

I'm not sure exactly what the poster said, but I am sure he said everything he knew about the subject.

BTW... [MORE]

gxb 

Mar 10, 2008 10:38

Mr. Hazard I know that you have the best intentions in your heart and it behoves me to respond. American... [MORE]

Gene Guffey 

Mar 15, 2008 10:58

Besides the oft quoted rationale of 'opening new markets' abroad (with all the dubiety that it sometimes involved) was there... [MORE]

SD Goh 

Feb 8, 2008 10:10

Perhaps, in the case of the Spanish, who in 1491 had just finished 700 years of expelling the Muslims who... [MORE]

D 

Feb 8, 2008 15:03

I'd just like to point out that "arrogance" is hardly a Western monopoly. It is fundamental to the Chinese worldview;... [MORE]

D 

Feb 8, 2008 09:24

I think D makes some very good points (see "This book is an attempt to frame..." above). To get close... [MORE]

Billy Smith 

Feb 12, 2008 11:29

The European superiority over China was substantially due to technology and industry. Europe also became superior in science.

Here are some... [MORE]

John McCarthy 

Feb 8, 2008 04:29

Darwin's seeing the predominant ruling form for mankind throughout history as 'empire' no doubt takes a page out of the... [MORE]

Shalom Freedman 

Feb 8, 2008 02:11

"The West" has made great strides in science, technology and economic achievement. Western Europe's recovery from the devestation of two... [MORE]

Karen Ways 

Feb 8, 2008 21:58

In the long history of human civilization, lies a impulse to have war. Jane Goodell in her research of chimpanzee... [MORE]

C 

Feb 9, 2008 21:19

I enjoyed all the comments regarding this subject. Varied and informative. Especially agreed with

Karen Ways "Social and Spiritual Dismantling". I... [MORE]

Patrizia von Lutzow-Vorbeck 

Mar 16, 2008 16:46