On average, how much thought does the everyday American give to their First Amendment Rights? For the majority of Americans, censorship is seen as something inherently alien most associable with repressive autocratic regimens abroad. The freedom of speech is considered to be inseparable to the very meaning of being an American or as a citizen [...]
Author: Omar Alansari-Kreger
I am 35 years old. I am an autodidact. I write because I think.
I consider myself passionate & outspoken about my beliefs. Each day I try to learn something new.
I am an individual working to enrich my knowledge & understanding of the world today.
I believe each person alive has potential to demonstrate unbreakable existential resolve.
I write epistemological thought experiments, editorials, & short commentaries.
Bots for a Demining Peace Initiative, a World Free of Landmines?
One of the greatest escapes for children growing up against the backdrop of war & famine is had in their creative imaginations. The power of pretend is brilliantly articulated by children in games where they explore & adventure in the unforgiving rubble & debris of their war-torn communities. Imagine, a child wanders to the outskirts [...]
US Army Corps of Engineers, Inspiration for a Corps of UN Peacekeeping Engineers
Civilization cannot be achieved without modern infrastructure. In one way or another, there will always be infrastructural failures impacting the development of nations. Can one nation have too much infrastructure? How do nations overbuild themselves to points of sprawling ostentation? The image of the United Nations peacekeeper is routinely overshadowed with powerlessness & melancholic despair. [...]
The Need for a World Atomic Weapons Disarmament Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency was established on July 29th, 1957 with the mission of relegating atomic energy exploits for peaceful purposes. The idea was to deny the militarization of atomic weapons, but how successful has the same agency been in working toward a future free of nuclear weapons? Russia's unilateralist war in Ukraine was [...]
Demilitarizing the Manipulable Atom
When World War One broke out, one of the founding fathers of modern science fiction, H.G. Wells, popularized the "war to end all wars" antiwar euphemism while trenches were dug on the Western front as British, French, & German militaries mobilized for war. That same euphemism is often adopted & overused by aggressive unilateralists bent [...]