By Andrew Laverdiere A brief note from the author on the accelerated border crisis: In the few months that I was putting together the information for this article, things have spiraled out of control in Texas which is getting the majority of refugees. Texas Governor Greg Abbott in addition to bussing tens of thousands of…
Category: History
Virgil or Aristotle… Who is Contemplating the Bust of Homer?
By Gerald Therrien One of Rembrandt’s greatest paintings is known by some people as ‘Aristotle contemplating the Bust of Homer’. Since no surviving records exist from either Rembrandt’s hand nor the patron who commissioned this masterpiece in 1653 AD, speculation has run rampant for over 350 years as to the true identity of the mysterious…
OF MINDS & MEN (VIII-XIII) ON UNIVERSAL HISTORY & THE CREATION OF ARISTOCRATIC MEN
By Dr. Quan Le [This is part of an ongoing series on the historic efforts in the east and western cultural matrices to create an educational system that can produce true philosopher kings with a focus on the traditions and efforts of Plato and his spiritual brother Confucius. To access part I-II click here, and parts III-VII click…
Manifest Destiny Done Right. China and Russia Succeed Where the U.S. Failed
By Matthew Ehret “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” -Abraham Lincoln It should be obvious that the world is being sucked into a new Cold War, with old school iron curtains, anti-communist rhetoric and even nuclear sabre rattling pushed by unipolar war hawks in the west. Unlike the first Cold…
A Journey with Jeff J. Brown Through China’s History, Political-Economy and Culture
In our first official Rising Tide Foundation Podcast, Cynthia Chung and Matthew Ehret interview China Rising Radio’s Jeff J. Brown on all things China. In this extensive discussion, Jeff goes through the historic voyages of Admiral Zheng He generations before Columbus which brought commerce, culture and trade to Africa, Europe and even the Americas in…
No More Brainwashing Into Fascism and War!
By Irene Eckert “It would be difficult to overestimate the extent to which liberty and democracy in the United States are currently endangered …” Albert E. Kahn, Treason in Congress, April 1948 “… mankind is threatened with wars, compared with which the past ones look like poor attempts and they will come without a doubt if the hands…
Leibniz: Scientist, Sinophile and Bridge Between East and West
By Matthew Ehret Many people would be surprised to discover that Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716), a German polymath and logician best known for his discovery of Calculus, was one of the most important sinophiles of the 17th century, whose writings were instrumental in bringing the idea of Chinese culture and civilization to Europe. Leibniz recognized the value…
RTF Dialogues with Butch Valdes on The Philippines: A Nation Caught Between Two Systems
In this Rising Tide Foundation Dialogue, Matt Ehret and Butch Valdes discuss the past, present and hopeful future of the Philippines as a nation being pulled between two opposing paradigms. Butch is the former undersecretary of education under President Estrada (1998-2001), and a leading builder of citizens’ movements with a focus on economic reform, national…
In Defence of King Arthur
by Gerald Therrien (aka: A Canadian Yankee in King Arthur’s Court) While watching the decline and fall of today’s North Atlantean Empire, there seem to be many possible outcomes. One possible outcome is the complete destruction of this North Atlantean culture, and another possibility is the correction of this North Atlantean culture that will allow…
OF MINDS & MEN: On Universal History and the Creation of Aristocratic Men (Part III-VII)
By Quan Le [Click here for part I-II] There is an enlightening conversation between Confucius (551-479 BCE) and his close student Zigong (520-456 BCE) that has been recorded in the Ten Wings or Shi Yi 十 翼 (Shi2 Yi4), the indispensable philosophical appendix of the I Ching, the Book of Change. Zigong 子 贡 (Zi3…