In many states early voting will begin soon. Our nation has gotten so divided politically that many people get anxiety from just the word “election” or mentioning a political party or candidate. As I approach my third time as an Election Day Judge I know our system is not perfect. I know that no matter […]
by Roy Wiebe What is implied when someone claims that he is biologically male but identifies as female? The self is being distinguished from the body, and the self, not the body, determines identity. Hence, if the self feels female, identifies as female, the biological male with such a self is female. […]
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I may be Irish but I’m not stupid.” Umm not my idea of how to endear oneself to an Irish supporting fund raiser on St Patrick’s Day but probably mild stuff for Joe. Biden has long claimed that he is Irish in descent. A claim which might be almost guaranteed to drum up votes by […]
By now I am sure you know of my fondness for public statuary and civic embellishments that adorn cities. They give an insight to the soul, if not of everyone in society at least those with power. The zeitgeist of the time if you will. The above is a fresh piece of art in a […]
To Valery Gerasimov et al may they rot in hell I am the very model of a Russian Major GeneralMy standing in the battlefield in growing quite untenable My forces, though equipped and given orders unequivocal Did not expect the fight to be remotely this reciprocal. I used to have a tank brigade but now […]
What can any of us do in the face of Putin’s flagrant fascism his total disinterest in human rights? Some like an old friend in Edinburgh who married a Ukrainian girl many years ago is desperately engaged in getting the parents of her friend out to safety. Others like Ray Baxter, a friend who is […]
The king with half the east at heel is marched from landsof morning;Their fighters drink the rivers up, their shafts benightthe air,And he that stands will die for naught, and home there’sno returning.The Spartans on the sea wet rocks sat down and combedtheir hair. A.E. Housman, Last Poems XXV, The Oracles As children at […]
Picture Credit spiridon Cepleanwe All wars, or special military operations if you must, eventually come to an end. We can be certain this too will be true of the Ukraine war today. But what might Vladimir Putin want for his “peace”? How much Ukraine will he take back (now officially in some high-sounding treaty) at […]
“Ukraine remains the only country in history to voluntarily give up its nuclear weapons. It surrendered an arsenal of around 5,000 missiles and bombs in 1994 in exchange for security guarantees from Russia and the West”. Source BBC Do you remember when we all thought, what with those staunch agreements and cast iron promises from […]
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