Vivek Ramaswamy

The fake battle between the Democrats and Republicans is getting started for the Nov 2024 US presidential elections. This time on the Republican side we have a surprise candidate: a 38-year old, superbly educated, very successful, wealthy entrepreneur named Vivek Ramaswamy. Vivek2024.com.

Going by his name, I guess he’s a Tam Bram (Tamilian Brahmin).

I think Vivek is brilliant. He’s probably the sharpest, most ambitious, most capable, most deserving of high political office that I have ever come across. If he gets to be the president of the US, it will make the world better off. The man’s incredible. Continue reading “Vivek Ramaswamy”

The US Civil War and President Lincoln

Steven Spielberg’s movie “Lincoln” which opens Friday is one that I plan to watch for sure. I think that Lincoln was a truly great man. It’s strange to think that there was a time when the US had an amazing giant of a man as its president, compared to whom the present leaders appear as pathetic caricatures — one of whom will be elected (or, heaven forbid re-elected) in a few days.
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