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I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers & Jeers". OK, you've been warned - here is this week's...

DISCLAIMER: This post is not based on “inside information.” I am not privy to the state secrets of any nation, including our own. Therefore, I’m revealing no classified information here. Every step in this reasoning is based on publicly available...

a cartoon by opsan.

The people that voted for this administration, some admitted indicating they wrong…..there is more negative presence within this nation that is bringing down the American Dream….. people are suffering in many ways throughout this country. It is time...

He strode onto the world stage with the confidence of a man who believed the arc of history could be bent to his will. Calm, urbane, courteous—at least on the surface—but beneath that veneer was an arrogance so complete that he assumed no challenge...

“Why would anyone be morally bound or wish to be morally bound to a civil society that does not share the goal that its citizens deserve a fair distribution of wealth, income and power? If the civil society is not dedicated to that end what else could...

So COP30 just wrapped up. Those of us who were expecting next to nothing are unsurprised. Here’s a quick quip from the BBC, from a piece published just before the shindig wrapped up: Host Brazil had hoped countries would agree to set out how to move...

Yeah, surprise, surprise… According to a report from the Washington Post’s Ellen Nakashima, Warren P. Strobel and Alex Horton, Donald Trump’s CIA director John Ratcliffe busily began planning the attacks via a variety of methods but then butted heads...

Mother Jones just posted the how-to here. Have fun!

I promise this isn’t about inciting violence!