Well, the family have returned to New Zealand and will shortly be updating me with their considered views on the two countries. Their visit caused me to reminisce about the past and current events led me to recall my time working in Ukraine, especially in Kyiv. I have spent time
Jose Nino mises.org Jose Nino is a freelance writer based in Austin, Texas. Politicians thoroughly enjoy times of war. Periods of bellicosity are when the most power-hungry members of the political class indulge in their most depraved political fantasies. The Russo-Ukrainian War has been no exception to this trend.
Michael endoftheamericandream.com My name is Michael and my brand new book entitled 7 Year Apocalypse is now available on Amazon.com. In addition to my new book I have written five other books that are available on Amazon.com, including Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America, The Beginning
Thomas Doherty Brandeis University Thomas Doherty is a cultural historian with a special interest in Hollywood cinema. He is a professor of American studies at Brandeis University. He is an associate editor for the film magazine Cineaste and film review editor for the Journal of American History. Warning Long read:
Mark Lambert University of Chicago Divinity School Mark Lambert currently has a full-time postdoctoral appointment as a teaching fellow at the University of Chicago in both the Divinity School and the College where I teach such courses as Religion, Medicine, and the Experience of Illness, Religion and AIDS and Indigenous
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party leader from 2003 to 2006. On 13 May Newsroom carried a column by four writers at Victoria University under the heading “Commitments to equality in Te Tiriti mean co-governance”. In attacking those who
Treva B. Lindsey The Ohio State University Treva B. Lindsey is a professor who specializes in African American history and popular culture. More specifically, She studies social movements, hip hop, feminism, and violence. State-by-state battles are heating up in the wake of news that the U.S. Supreme Court appears
Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. Warning Long read. 1376 words. By the early Spring of 1696, England was on the brink of a major currency crisis
Denis Hall facebook.com/denis.hall.79 Information Opinion The Treaty is a worn and tattered document from 182 years ago, nearly ten generations and its relevance is long since gone. We live in a completely different world now. We are no longer a country of only two races. There
Gareth streetfoodguy.com Khmer New Year, Cambodian New Year, Choul Chnam Thmey, or quite simply the Cambodian Water Fight Festival has been rung in throughout Cambodia, but the place to be was without a doubt Siem Reap! What is Khmer New Year? It turns out Jesus did not invent New
Ever wondered why the US marines’ hymn refers to “the shores of Tripoli”? This wasn’t some kind of prescient ode to the Obama-era campaign to turn Libya into a failed state. In fact, it refers to the Battle of Derna in 1805, the first time that the American flag
Steven Taylor knowablemagazine.org Information Opinion In early 2019, months before the world had heard of Covid-19, I finished writing a book titled The Psychology of Pandemics: Preparing for the Next Global Outbreak of Infectious Disease. The first publisher rejected it, dismissing it as “an interesting book that no one
David Thunder mercatornet.com David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society. A significant part of the world has by now accepted that Covid-19 is part of the normal cycle of flus and colds and, as such, should not be
I once saw a bumper sticker, “If you can read this, thank a primary school teacher”. The history wonk in me felt a strong urge to grab a sharpie, cross out the last three words and replace them with “Sumerian”. Of course, the history wonk knows that writing probably developed
Blockhead As the shadowboxing over the Ukrainian border continues, in the deep recesses of our minds there is the possibility that things could get out of control and the world faces a nuclear confrontation. Two books I have read recently deal with this theme. Ken Follett’s Never is a
