The Rosen Report

  “The fault, dear Brutus, is  not  in our  stars , b ut in ourselves , that we are underlings.” (Cassius, to Brutus, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene III). What's going to happen?  That is what everyone is asking, no?  I thought I should go on the record and share my own thoughts on the matter, since I've put myself out there enough over the past few years that some folks may want to get my assessment. Lots of others have tuned me out because I'm depressing, and tend to repeat myself.  Don't worry, no hard feelings, I'm used to it, I've been doing this for a long time. I'll start with two things. First, I'm surprisingly relaxed for a change, and feel clear minded, as opposed to the mental state I've been in since November of 2016. This is not strictly related to the snifter of Single Barrel Kentucky Bourbon sitting on my desk as I type away, reflecting on the current state of affairs. I've actually been relatively calm for some time...

  Franklin Roosevelt’s “Miracle”, Part II- By Martha Rosen The Lost History of How FDR And Donald Nelson Launched The Greatest Economic Mobilization In History To Defeat Fascism- October 19, 2020  By Martha Rosen     FDR Memorial, Washington D.C.   “I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant”.  –Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, immediately after the successful attack on the US Fleet at Pearl Harbor.      The following is the incredible story of how a nation under the leadership of Franklin Roosevelt and his team mobilized the US Economy to defeat fascism internationally.           By 1937 Hitler’s Germany had occupied the Rhineland and demonstrated his intentions to conquer the rest of Europe. Roosevelt was hamstrung by the isolationist movement, and a Congress which yearly passed the US Neutrality Act, maintaining stringent prohibition of arms sales to countries being threatened by Hitler. Nat...