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Calvinism in American Schools

By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition  Calvinism’s influence on the American education system is evident in various ways. The Calvinists believed in the moral duty to engage in productive activities, as they often quoted the phrase “idle mind is the devil’s playground” to defend their lifestyle choice. This ideology […]

Russia’s Autumn of the Patriarch

By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition Vladimir Putin’s long and controversial tenure as the President of Russia has sparked countless comparisons to the thought-provoking themes explored in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s masterpiece, “Autumn of the Patriarch.” In this essay, we will delve into the remarkable similarities between Putin’s 24-year reign […]

Herman’s Silent Struggles

By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition  Herman gazed out of his bedroom window, his thoughts consumed by the conflicts that raged within him. His life had become a series of silent battles, waged within the depths of his mind. The weight of societal expectations, the dissonance between his own […]

Herman’s Thanksgiving Dinner

By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition Herman’s life began in a well-to-do family in Arlington, Virginia. His father, a successful lobbyist, and his mother, a devoted attorney, held strong beliefs about racial justice in America. Despite their privileged lifestyle, they were determined to ensure their son’s success. However, from […]

Herman meets Leslie Feinberg

By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition Herman’s life began in a well-to-do family in Arlington, Virginia. His father, a successful lobbyist, and his mother, a devoted attorney, held strong beliefs about racial justice in America. Despite their privileged lifestyle, they were determined to ensure their son’s success. However, from […]

Herman’s Metamorphosis

By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition Herman’s life began in a well-to-do family in Arlington, Virginia. His father, a successful lobbyist, and his mother, a devoted attorney, held strong beliefs about racial justice in America. Despite their privileged lifestyle, they were determined to ensure their son’s success. However, from […]

The tragedy of Herman at Brown University

By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition Herman’s life began in a well-to-do family in Arlington, Virginia. His father, a successful lobbyist, and his mother, a devoted attorney, held strong beliefs about racial justice in America. Despite their privileged lifestyle, they were determined to ensure their son’s success. However, from […]

What Are the Neocons Up To?

By Keith Preston June 23, 2023 A Facebook friend of mine made a statement regarding the leading individuals in the neoconservative movement. According to their post, these individuals are Ashkenazi Khazars who have a strong anti-Russia agenda. They are willing to go to extreme lengths, even risking a […]

The Anti-War Movement Needs to Recognize Biden’s Achievements

This article makes an interesting comparison/contrast with Christian Parenti’s analysis of Trump’s supposed imperial drawdown. While Trump’s foreign policy represented a return to pre-WW2 conservative isolationism, Biden’s foreign policy greatly resembles Jimmy Carter’s post-Vietnam version of liberal internationalism. Apparently, both the left and right wings of the ruling […]

Trump’s Real Crime Is Opposing Empire

This is an important article by Christian Parenti, a Marxist commentator, who argues that the gist of Trump’s foreign policy was a return to 19th-century style xenophobic isolationism, marked by reducing US presence in Europe and Asia, and even the Middle East. Although Parenti doesn’t discuss Trump’s hawkish […]

The Blue City Blues

By Kris Zyclo I live in a red state but in an overwhelmingly blue city. It’s hilarious because everyone who lives here are all the same. They all have pride and BLM flags in their yards. But, they have to make sure that they have the latest, greatest […]

Legalized Marijuana: FOLLOW THE MONEY

Legalized Marijuana’s $30 billion industry arrived in Midwest in 2018 after decades of traumatic criminal marijuana laws. How do these new laws repair damage to communities? How are cannabis users effected? Missouri’s Amendment 3 adopted in November 2022 contained many “constitutionally-driven” deadlines for legal recreational marijuana, including automatic […]

Questions for ATS Readers

This post will serve as a thread in which readers of ATS can voice their opinions of our work. What do you like or dislike about ATS? What topical issues would you prefer to see covered or discussed more frequently? What would you like to see changed or […]

The Limitations of Anti-Woke Critics

By Keith Preston March 25, 2023 The fact that many, if not most, “right-wing” critics of “woke” are idiots does not mean that “woke” does not exist as a cultural, intellectual, socioeconomic, psychological, and political phenomenon. Not all liberalism or leftism is “wokeness” per se. Not all wokeness […]