Eric Arnow

Baby Boomers with John Lennon sing give peace a chance

Who Are the Baby Boomers? Are They the Cause of Our Current Problems?

Today’s Problems: All Caused by the Baby Boomers? Some post baby boomer generation commentators have said that today’s wars are the result of the Baby Boomer generation. So I’d like to post number of songs and other items which I personally grew up with, and what happened to the singers. Bold Marauder by Richard Farina I understood this to be a harsh indictment of the US back in 1965. The singer, Richard Farina, had received death threats for his political activities, and died in a suspicious motorcycle accident. It’s hi ho hey, I am the bold marauder  And hi ho …

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Stop the Empire's War on Russia

The Little Matter of Agency: Ukraine Is Not the Problem

This blog post from November 2013 largely predicted the tragedy of Ukraine. The author shut down the website, due to pressure from ‘somebody’.   Agency: Who’s Responsible? It’s kind of humorous how everybody familiar with the Ukraine conflict is asking who is responsible for an attack on Russia’s nuclear capable aircraft, an act that could easily precipitate a nuclear war. So I want to talk about Agency. Simply put, agency is the idea of the capacity to act. When I was first starting off as an insurance agent, we had to learn about ‘agency’. I was acting as an Agent …

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The Dacha where we had victory day party

Visiting a Russian Dacha–8 Important Lessons

What I Learned at the Dacha   May 9th is Victory Day in Russia. My friend Don Courter  sent me to spend a couple of days at a Dacha, a country house outside of Moscow, built by a top ranking Soviet military aviation designer in the 1950’s. How important was this day? Here is the inimitable Pepe Escobar who sums it up: This was a special Anniversary, the 80th anniversary. Someone asked me, what did I learn at the Dacha?? Language is somewhat of a barrier, but with the use of a translation app on my mobile phone, and with …

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Deepseek gives ther eal reason for the Ukraine war: A pyramid of dollars on Wall Street. People watch anxiously as it appears to be shaky.

Ukraine: Dragging the 1 Painful Truth about Ukraine Out of Deepseek–The Real Cause of the War

Introduction What does the Ukraine war have to do with Zen? A Chinese Zen Poem, which we recite, is called the Song of the Jewel Mirror Awareness, which discusses the true nature of Reality. One of its key phrases is, “The meaning is not in the words, but it responds the inquiring impulse. Hence the title of my humble blog, Inquiry and Thinking. How can we understand the cause and solution to the Ukraine crisis? So maybe all those years of sweat and tears as a Zen student weren’t in vain. We have to learn to ask the right questions, …

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Nietzsche meets Samantabhadra| Beyond Good and Evil–Envisioning Universal Good

Nietzsche Meets Samantabhadra–The Way Forward Recently, a group of us were sharing thoughts, observations and feelings about the current world situation, which any normal person would recognize as a crisis. And a crisis that seems to be deepening. So it got me to thinking about two approaches to understanding and hopefully, finding a way out of the crisis. To this end, I referred to my earlier reading and inspiration of the German 19th Century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, whose book, Beyond Good and Evil shaped my thinking as a 20 year old.  Nietzsche introduced the idea of the “Superman”, with the …

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The Ukraine Scam Finally Exposed—Zelensky Sees the Light

What Was the US War in Ukraine All About?   Zelensky Finally Sees the Light   Russia Also Sees the Light   The Dogs Bark and the Caravan Moves On   The Happy/Sad Ending of the Ukraine Misadventure   https://ericarnow.substack.com/p/the-ukraine-scam-finally-exposedhttps://ericarnow.substack.com/p/the-ukraine-scam-finally-exposed

A street filled with people walking aimlessly in a state of historical denial and nihilistic thinking

Nihilism: The Roots of Historical Denial–2 Serious Mistakes That People Make

Nihilism: The Roots of Historical Denial Billions of People. Just Living Out Their Lives. Oblivious. You Can Learn a Lot by Talking with People and Listening to What They Say   Willful Avoidance of Reality   I was staying at a resort in 2022, and had a short discussion with an Israeli, regarding pursuit of truth. He said, that he preferred ignorance, because he wants to be happy, and truth is painful. Two years later, after experiencing ethnic cleansing, constant attacks, blockading food and other essential supplies.   Palestinian militants broke out of what has been called ‘the world’s largest open …

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cease fire between American and Russian soldiers

The Trump (non) Cease Fire Meets Putin’s (non) Agreement

The  Trump (non) Cease Fire Meets Putin’s (non)  Cease Fire Agreement Eric Arnow Mar 14, 2025 New Developments   Lavrov: the US is ‘returning to normalcy’.       Nope, just swinging from one psychotic, schizophrenic Woke fake human rights personality, and swinging to the Christian fascist mentality, which it is far more upfront about. Historical….Woo hoo. Onward Christian soldiers. “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition”. Manifest Destiny—the socalled God given right to rule the planet is a value that’s caused millions of deaths and misery world wide, starting with North America.   US Militarism IS ‘the Normal’ Condition …

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The Grand Chessboard. Putin has Trump in Check and Trump doesn't know what to do about it.

I Ain’t No Militiary Strategist: The Grand Chessboard and the Future of Ukraine Peace Talks

  It looks like the American version of The Grand Chessboard is not going as planned. Rather than Russia being defeated and dismembered, it’s winning, to the chagrin of the West. And they don’t know what to do.   The Grand Chessboard and The Real Objective of the Ukraine War   The whole objective of the Ukraine war has been to weaken Russia, sow division within Russian society, and eventually create regime change. The West’s whole history and its strength has been its ability to infiltrate and invade countries, to steal their resources and enslave their people, if not in …

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LA fire with man and bicycle

The Los Angeles Fires and Death of the Liberal Class

A Fitting Comment on the LA Fires My Personal Interest in the LA Fires, Even Though I Don’t Live There The recent horrific fire that’s occurred in the Los Angeles area has some significance for me personally because of my cousin, whom I grew up with, we’re talking about 70 years ago. She was my childhood playmate, who is one year older than me. She grew up, she got married. She and her husband had a successful careers, they raised two kids, and they lived basically the American dream.  She retired from her job, he sold his business, and they moved …

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