 Connections show us that events are related. Political leaders constantly make decisions that have unforseen and far reaching consequences down the line. Understanding these connections helps make sense out of the political and economic world and should make politicians think more closely about the consequences of their actions. One has to wonder whether the King of France would have funded the American Revolution had he known it would eventually cost him his head?
Connections are a tool: We can use connections to help undertand where we are and how we got here. All political and economic events are related in some way. By thinking about these relationships we are better able to make sense of the world.
Recent Connections
Political Connections - Connecting the dots of events to explain the Poltical and Economic World
The True Connections that lead to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
The reasons for launching the U.S. invasion of Iraq have been cloaked in suspicion, conspiracy and misread intelligence. The most patriotic of Americans choose the misread intelligence theory while championing the byproduct goals of removing Saddam Hussein from power. The most skeptical usually lean on the war for oil theory. In a strange sense there is a possibility that both have some truth within them yet neither adequately puts all the pieces together because they leave out one major component: 9/11 and the political strategy for avoiding further attacks. For the first time we put all the facts together in their proper sequence to help explain and understand the real reason for the invasion of Iraq. more...
Michael Milken to Potentially Lower School Test Scores
Michael Milken earned the moniker as "The Junk Bond King" in the 1980s when he pioneered and essentially created the market for high-yield bonds. The company he worked for is no longer around. Most of the companies bonds were issued for are no longer around. Milken is now involved in philanthropy yet there is a direct connection between junk bonds and public school testing scores. more...
The Franco-Prussian War to Dick Cheney
Politics and Wars make for some very strange connections. In this case there is an important connection between the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and Dick Cheney's predictions about the war in Iraq. more...
The General MacArthur connection to the 2003 Iraq War
Although the American general has been dead for more than 40 years his legacy has produced some strange twists in the coalition that invaded Iraq in 2003. more...
1948 Berlin Airlift to the 2008 Korean beef protests.
The distance from Berlin, Germany to Seoul, Republic of Korea is a little over 8000 miles yet spanning this distance and 60 years in time there is a strange and winding connection between the Berlin Airlift and the South Korean citizen revolt of U.S. beef imports. more...
The Connection of Wanderers
Connections do not have to have a singular point of origin to end up at the same point. This is best exemplified by two cultures of people that crisscrossed through history from different origins, but often taking the same paths. The Jews made the mistake to rebelling against their Roman rules only to find themselves cast out of their homeland destined to "wander" through Europe for 2000 years. The Romany people left their place of origin in Northern India about 1000 years later but would find themselves traversing much of the same ground. more...
A Coin Trade Connected to World War II
While there are literally hundreds of factors that played a role in triggering the most deadly war in human history, this article traces one of these strands which began with a coin trade in 1767. more...
Connecting the Parties of Lincoln and Douglas to McCain and Obama
McCain has at times referenced "The Party of Lincoln" in speeches (more so in the past than recently). It is interesting to see the twists and turns the party affiliations have taken since the famous 1858 debates between Republican Abraham Lincoln and is Democratic Senate opponent Stephen A. Douglas. more...
Starting Points for Political Connections
All political connections have starting points, triggers that begin the chain of events that lead to a particular event or political action. Some starting points are more significant than others, leading to a whole range of history changing events. Five of these starting points stand out about the rest as key events connecting political history. more...
The battle of the Teutenberg Forest to the Mayflower settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
In AD 9 a band of germanic tribes lead by Roman friend turned deadly enemy, Arminius, destroyed 3 Roman legions and forever sealed the Roman Empire's border south of Germanic territories. These "barbarians" would forever separate the European lands and peoples. more...
The Beatles to Monica Lewinsky
In the early 1960s the Beatles would launch a cultural revolution, ushering in the era of long hair, psychedelic drugs, and a young generation desiring to make it's political voice heard. more...
Unnecessary Wars to Economic Collapse
In some historical cases political connections are common to circumstances over different times and nations. The connection between fighting unnecessary wars and economic collapse is one of these connections that transcends individual examples to become a general rule. more...
A Mutual Fund Sell order in 2000 lead to home Foreclosures eight years later.
Economics is all about connections and chain of events. An economic "system" is subject to a whole range of pressures and an action in one component can have long lasting implications on sectors seemingly unconnected. A computer sell order on March 10, 2000 was one of these actions. more...
Woodrow Wilson to 50 million dead.
It's often difficult and sometimes unfair to lay blame for a war 20 years after a man's death but the connection between Woodrow Wilson and the circumstances leading to World War II are very strong. more...
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