For the first inaugural lecture kicking off the RTF Symposium ‘The Role of Art in Shaping a Sovereign Citizenry’ which will feature lectures every Sunday afternoon until March 12 2023. In this lecture RTF President Cynthia Chung will conduct a discussion on the classical work ‘Nathan the Wise’ by the renaissance humanist Gotthold Lessing. Exploring…
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Romeo and Juliet: “It was just that the time was wrong”
By Boniface One of Dire Straits greatest hits was their song Romeo and Juliet. It takes a seemingly normal view of the Shakespeare tragedy, that it is the greatest love story of all time. But it does have one line that is good: Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start And I bet, when you…
Art, Metaphor and Epiphany
By David Gosselin The experience of great art is similar to the experience of a great scientific discovery. There is a common sentiment of “epiphany”. It is the strangely familiar feeling of remembering something for the first time, or having our attention fall on something that had been there all along. In both the case…
Classics & Classics : The Three Kingdoms… Tempus, Kairos & Chronos
In this presentation delivered by the Rising Tide Foundation’s resident China expert Dr. Quan Le, the heart and soul of Chinese civilization is explored through the portal of the great Confucian classics and the deeper moral, philosophical and even geopolitical lessons contained in the 14th century historical novel by Luo Guanzhong titled ‘The Romance of…
Symposium The Role of Art in Shaping a Sovereign Citizenry (Jan 15-March 12, 2023)
It was once better understood that both politics and economics are downstream from culture. Whether the values and passions of a society are tuned to the Good, the Beautiful and the Just or whether they are tempered by the opposites of those virtues will say alot about the aesthetic practices and creative work of the…
The Anglo Japanese Push for War with China – Press TV interview with Matt Ehret and Bill Jones
In this brief report to press TV’s News Review, Matt Ehret was asked to join Executive Intelligence Review’s Bill Jones to discuss China’s response to the emerging US-Japan military program and broader danger of World War 3. Note: Due to a technical glitch, the first segment of Mr. Jones’ remarks are hard to follow.
The Birth of International Fascism via CIA Cutouts- Cynthia Chung on Convo Counch
RTF President Cynthia Chung was invited onto the Convo Couch recently to talk with Fiorella Isabel and Craig Pasta Jardula about her newly released book “The Empire on Which the Black Sun Never Set: The Birth of International Fascism and Anglo-American Foreign Policy”, you can check out their conversation below. For more on Cynthia’s book…
The Immortal Spirit of Coretta Scott King
By Matthew Ehret While many people are quick to acknowledge the vital role in world history played by the great Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., a too often overlooked figure is his fellow activist, partner and wife Coretta Scott King. Once King had fallen in the struggle against tyranny on April 4, 1968, Coretta was…
For MLK’s 94th Anniversary: Great Speeches to Edify and Uplift the Soul
The vision for a world of peaceful cooperation and brotherhood which Martin Luther King willingly gave his life represents a promethean fire, is required more today than ever before. As civilization is confronted with some of the most dangerous challenges threatening global war, and a plunge into a new Dark Age, the tests we will…
Martin Luther King Jr: The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long, but it Bends Towards Justice
The world marches forward into the new year with a mix of hope and trepidation. The words of Martin Luther King who warned that either we commit to “nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation” ring as true today as they did when they were spoken in 1968. In that speech, King stated prophetically that “this may well be mankind’s…