Why Worry about Ahmadinejad’s Apopcalyptic Vision?

We are in the “end times” or so goes the thinking of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.  It’s important to understand this because this thinking influences his foreign policy, and this is what the U.S. is dealing with and why Iran’s program to develop nuclear weapons is such a threat.
To understand him and the ideas of the ruling Shi’ite [...]

Posted Under: International Relations, Middle East
This post was written by Dr. Art Pitz on July 16, 2009 Comments (3)

Could Ahmadinejad Stop Health Care Reform?

As you may have witnessed, there have been a fair amount of comparisons of the current financial crisis with the Great Depression.  Recently, I attended a presentation on this topic by the well known American historian Dave Kennedy.  In his view, and I agree with his analysis, many of those comparisons are off the mark.
Why? The comparisons [...]

Posted Under: Economic History
This post was written by Dr. Art Pitz on June 18, 2009 Comments (3)