Society

Last week I mentioned in one of the daily updates at the End of History how a high ranking official at the United Nations warned we are beginning to see the onset of “pandemic famines.” These are famines brought...

This week's Intelligence Brief looks at the facts, history, and reality of President Trump's decision to deploy federal forces in Portland. Each week JB Shreve & the End of History provides an Intelligence Brief related to a hot topic (or...

THIS PAGE TRACKED THE GROWTH AND SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS FROM JANUARY TO MAY 2020. THIS PAGE IS BEING ARCHIVED AT THIS TIME. DAILY UPDATES CAN STILL BE FOUND HERE.  WE ARE KEEP THIS PAGE UP FOR AN ARCHIVE/HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. This Coronavirus...

The brutality of the Islamic Republic of Iran is seldom questioned but in case it ever is, here are some numbers that demonstrate the severity of Iran’s rule of law. The number of executions in Iran has decreased in...

The questions of what caused the Syrian Civil War and ongoing chaos we are experiencing today do not seem to be a challenge to answer. Protests in the city of Deraa combined with a heavy-handed response from the Assad...

I finished the book, Crisis in the Red Zone, this week and was very surprised not only by how informative it was but how easy the reading was. Crisis in the Red Zone – The Story of the Deadliest Ebola...

Deaths of despair are deaths that result from drugs, alcohol, and suicide. It is a number that has grown at alarming rates in the last 20 years.

The establishment of the permitted narrative is the telling of history itself and it tells a lot about our own modern society. The efforts to hide parts of our history are not simply to protect us but to tell a new story and define a new future. It is a strategy that has been used before and it has always led to disastrous results.

The eugenics movement was a belief that fostered racism, discrimination, abortion, and genocide. It was embraced by academics, politicians, and celebrities.

This post is part of my wider History of India series. Today we look at the history of the Kashmir conflict and also answer the question of Why is Kashmir so important? Why is Kashmir Important? From a territorial dispute...