The Extraordinary ~
We lost two great personages in one week:Queen Elizabeth IIMikhail Gorbachev
View ArticleThe Autumn Leaves ~
The leaves seem to be hanging on a little longer this year, just to give us some colorful cheer in these dreadful times.
View ArticleFor Those Who Fought and Died ~
Red and Blue What would they think of their country now?
View ArticleChristmas 2022 ~ Three Nativities
Jesus Christ 0001Adolf Hitler 1889Vladimir Putin 1952
View ArticleLast Night's Dream ~
He was just a young kid who had come back from Vietnam and he was telling me how deathly afraid he was when out on patrol at night opposing the Viet Cong . . .
View ArticleIn the Cold of Winter ~
Photo: Brigitte Nake-MannSnowdrops in January, Grosser Tiergarten, Berlin
View ArticleOpposing Adolf Hitler ~ February 22, 1943
Hans and Sophie Scholl were students who distributed flyers in the main foyer of the University of Munich protesting the War and Hitler's dictatorship. A janitor took note and called in the Gestapo....
View ArticleProtesting in Russia ~ 2023
The father of a 12-year-old girl who drew this antiwar picture in her elementary school art class in Russia is facing criminal charges and a potential three-year prison sentence, and his daughter has...
View ArticleWisdom ~
Only the man who is able to stand alone can see reality as it is, free from the opinion of others.
View ArticleA Weighty Choice~
It is much easier to live with an illusion than with reality, . . . with a belief than with a fact.
View ArticleA Nation of Maimed Men ~
For all our ingenuity, where is the inventor of a device to let landmines explode before courageous Ukrainians pass over.
View ArticleRemembering the Day ~
Nine ElevenOn September eleven when it happened while we watched we could not help thinking about our own thin brick walls left standing around us here, in the heartland. Walled in between panic and...
View ArticleRemembering January 6, 2021
Most Americans still wince when thinking back to this day. Photo: AL.com
View ArticleMan of Courage ~ Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny
† Feb.16, 2024 He was a patriot. He loved Russia, but a different one that Putin's. Photo: AEJ
View ArticleShe Carries on the Struggle ~ In spite of Threats
Alexei Navalny's wife, Juliabefore the European Parliament.Photo: The Parliament Magazine
View ArticleHow Germany reacts to the Far Right ~
When will this happen in the USA? Photo: Fridays For Future Germany
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