Angela Bellacosa *Note: This book has been copyrighted as a book in progress. The project is ongoing. I’m hoping to complete it in the near future. Copyright © 2021 by Angela Bellacosa All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted by any means, whether…

Feb 15, 2022; last revision May 11, 2022 (In this poem, I am referring to invading/conquering powers, not defending powers such as Ukraine.) War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. ***** I don’t buy all the propaganda — spewed at our Two Minutes Hates* — about Russia’s invasion…

The two most important pillars of a democratic republic or democracy are: 1. Free, fair, and democratic elections 2. Freedom of the Press (along with freedom of speech, conscience, and freedom to assemble) In order to enjoy the kind of liberty, freedom, and justice that come with living in a…

The Legacies of Greed and Power-Seeking in Afghanistan and the World First the US and its allies armed, funded, and trained the Mujahideen against the stable, pro-Soviet, secular government in Afghanistan in the early 1980s. Before the US started meddling in its government, Afghanistan was a country that had been…

Senator Manchin and His Billionaire Sponsors Have It All Wrong Democratic, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin was recently fretting about his dire prediction that passage of his 48 fellow Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Reconciliation Bill (only he and fellow Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona are blocking it) would result in a “welfare state.” This term, and others like it, have…

No, Billionaires Should Not Be Allowed to Own Crucial, Medical Science Breakthroughs I just read an article about Jeff Bezos investing in Altos Labs, a startup that is experimenting with reverse ageing through the reprogramming of stem cells (Ivanova, 2021). This research, as well as many other research projects being…

I recently watched the interview with Hillary Clinton in which she states that the U.S. had to fund to the Mujahedin to help them overthrow the pro-Soviet, Afghan government in the 1980s because we were in a “struggle” with the Soviet Union and because this is what ultimately led to…

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers…

When I was a child, I used to watch Star Trek regularly with my brothers. How can I ever forget the opening lyrics to the show: Space, the final frontier These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise Its five-year mission To explore strange new worlds To seek out new life And new civilizations To boldly…