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Boeing’s faulty airliners and the mystery death of a whistleblower

BOEING whistleblower John Barnett has died in an apparent suicide, despite telling his family that if he died suddenly, it would not be because of suicide. Boeing’s former employee had flagged up safety concerns with the aerospace giant on many occasions and was in Charleston, South Carolina, to testify in a court case against them, a moment […]

Spielberg bombs the Brits – The Conservative Woman

I’VE just finished watching Masters of the Air, the third television mini-series created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks telling the stories of American combat units in the Second World War. It focuses on United States Army Air Force bomber squadrons based in England, and follows the Spielberg / Hanks productions Band of Brothers (2001) – about US […]

Ukraine warmongers refuse to face reality

WHILE the US publication Foreign Policy accepts Putin’s case on non-Nato Ukraine and concedes that Russia cares more for Ukraine than the West does, there is great dissension within the Western alliance. Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, speaking at Sweden’s membership ceremony, continued the war rhetoric: ‘Surrender is not a peaceful solution. We need to keep making Ukraine […]

Kathy’s TCW week in review

WELL, it wasn’t just another week. It was TCW‘s 10th birthday week. We were born on March 8, 2014. Laura woke me up on Friday morning with a call to wish ‘us’ happy birthday! I didn’t mind – we had something to celebrate. It was a good thing we did that day; for a decade now we’ve managed to keep […]