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Vision for America: Alexander Hamilton vs. Thomas Jefferson

By Frank Li June 1, 2022opinion3 Comments

Among America’s Founding Fathers, no one has seen his fortune rise more dramatically over the past few years than Alexander Hamilton. Two highlights:

“Hell” in 2015: Woman to replace Alexander Hamilton on $10 bill.
“Heaven” in 2018: Behind the Broadway Smash “Hamilton”.

But I think he deserves much more attention and recognition, particularly in terms of having an enduring vision for America, especially when compared with Thomas Jefferson.

It’s guns, stupid!

By Frank Li May 28, 2022opinion, Uncategorized3 Comments

*** This post was published on June 2, 2021. It reads well today, if “San Jose” is simply replaced with “Texas” (Texas shooting: How a sunny Uvalde school day ended in bloodshed).

Another mass shooting (San Jose shooting leaves 9 dead). Again the flag is half-staff at the White House (‘Enough’: Biden urges Congress to pass gun control bills after lowering flag for latest mass shooting). Still another ‘all-talk without action’ by American politicians … Gov. Newsom asks, ‘What the hell is wrong with us?’ following San Jose shooting.

It’s guns, stupid!

America: What did the Founding Fathers do, actually?

By Frank Li May 14, 2022opinionNo Comments

They did three big things:

They conducted a revolution (i.e., American Revolution) via a war (American Revolutionary War).
After the war broke out, they published the Declaration of Independence.
After winning the war, they created a republic, by accident!

Let me elaborate on each …

Who are America’s Founding Fathers, anyway?

By Frank Li May 11, 2022opinionNo Comments

Here are seven “key” Founding Fathers (shown by the image above): John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. 1. The Founding Fathers Below is an excerpt from Wikipedia…

What if Karl Marx was correct, mostly?

By Frank Li May 4, 2022opinionNo Comments

In this post, I will end my series on Karl Marx (i.e., my last three posts) with a resounding conclusion: Karl Marx has proven correct, mostly! One primary reason: China is back, offering a significant model of [modest] prosperity, without colonialism. China is essentially Marxist.

A loop theory for societal development

By Frank Li May 1, 2022opinionNo Comments

In my last two posts, I highlighted Karl Marx (Karl Marx) and summarized his works in a nutshell (Karl Marx’s works in a nutshell), respectively. In this post, I will…

Karl Marx’s works in a nutshell

By Frank Li April 27, 2022opinionNo Comments

In my last post (Karl Marx), I highlighted Karl Marx. In this post, I will highlight his works in a nutshell: a societal development model, as shown above. Let me explain this model by focusing on the three boxes in the bottom layer …

Karl Marx

By Frank Li April 24, 2022opinionNo Comments

Karl Marx is arguably the greatest economist in the 19th century, if not of all time! 1. Who is Karl Marx? Read Wikipedia – Karl Marx. For more, watch the…

“We the People”, really?

By Frank Li April 20, 2022opinionNo Comments

“We the People,” so begins the U.S. Constitution. It was a very powerful slogan for a new nation, which was founded with neither a king nor a pope. Unfortunately, it…

“All men are created equal”, really?

By Frank Li April 13, 2022opinionNo Comments

“All men are created equal” – What a slogan in the “Declaration of Independence”!

It was very powerful and useful for America to defy the British King at the time. But its true validity has been in question ever since, with profound implications to date, not only for America but also for the world.

It is time to thoroughly clarify it: it is false!