Nuclear Weapon Zero by United Nations Parliamentary Assembly The elimination of nuclear weapons cannot be achieved without setting tangible milestones first. In a world governed by realities of unilateralism, members of the nuclear club remain defiantly unwilling to disarm in the interest of advancing an unconditional world peace. Is it possible to situate world federal [...]
American Nuclear Disarmament Without Geopolitical Bravado
Every curiosity of history begins as a rhetorical question challenging official histories of the past. History lessons are rolled out as oversimplified metanarratives with our presumed place at its existential center, but as it turns out, history is truly what we make of it, one generation at a time. As Vladimir Putin orders Russian Strategic [...]
is academic writing changing?
I argue the future of academic writing cannot be entertained without exploring what role, if any, artificial intelligence will have on academic writing in the years & decades ahead. Almira O. Thunstrom, a doctoral researcher at Sahlgrenska University, wrote an article featured by Scientific American on GPT-3, an artificial-intelligence algorithm, that researched, referenced, & composed [...]
The Keeper of Secrets – Valentina Istomina: Discovering Stalin’s Mistress
It has also been reported Stalin's mistress was also illiterate. The perfect country bumpkin with no aspiration of being anything more than what she was. Perhaps she felt her place was synonymous with destiny? I argue this explains why no diary or love letters were ever discovered. I cannot fathom Valentina requesting access to a [...]
Queen Elizabeth II, Token Ruler for a Token Empire?
The ratification of the Declaration of Independence could not be achieved without severing ties to Great Britain. No taxation without representation! That spirited message sent to King George III espoused the spirit of a new nation during the Boston Tea Party of 1773. How would America's founding fathers react if they knew the nation they [...]