Friday, August 15, 2025

Why Democrats are in trouble, and what I think they should do if they want to start winning again

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Five years ago, Raymond Teachey voted, as usual, for the Democratic presidential nominee. But by last fall, Mr. Teachey, an aircraft mechani...
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How the War Ended from Japan's Perspective

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The Emperor in August   Something appropriate for the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Vigil for the Feast of the Dormition

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Trump is lobbying for a Nobel

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Well this explains his degrading decision to meet with Vladimir Putin, on American soil of all places. Somebody needs to remind him that, as...
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Saturday, August 09, 2025

Reflections on the Decline of Civil Discourse

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In the Ruins of Public Reason, Part I: The Problem of Dialogical Illiberalism In the Ruins of Public Reason, Part II: The Barbarians at the ...

A Photographic Tour of 19th Century Colonial Hong Kong

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Friday, August 08, 2025

Peace for our time

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So; Donald Trump has invited a brutal dictator and indicted war criminal to the United States in order to negotiate the surrender of anothe...
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Thursday, August 07, 2025

A Trip Across America (mid 1930s)

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Tuesday, August 05, 2025

Vigil for the Transfiguration

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A quick admin note

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It's been forever since I did a review of the sidebar links. And sure enough, there were a lot of blogs and websites that have gone dark...
Monday, August 04, 2025

What Really Happened to the USS Maine?

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Saturday, August 02, 2025

America's Slide Into Authoritarianism is Accelerating

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Office of Special Counsel launches investigation into ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires ...
Friday, August 01, 2025

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Trump's tariffs are the greatest act of economic and political self-harm in modern American History

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Donald Trump has succeeded in forcing America’s democratic allies to their knees. His country must henceforth live with the invidious conseq...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Trump Administration to Allow Proselytizing in Federal Work Place

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WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - Federal employees may discuss and promote their religious beliefs in the workplace, the Trump administration...
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Monday, July 28, 2025

Imperial Japan's last veterans are speaking out

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As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. Some are talking. Read the ...
Sunday, July 27, 2025

A quiet mutiny is brewing in the Israeli Army

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...Immense pressure has been building on Israel over the dire humanitarian conditions inside the strip, with aid agencies warning of mass ma...
Friday, July 25, 2025

And now for something a little lighter

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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

With Obama in His Sights; Trump's Revenge Agenda Gains Momentum

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This is what Washington thought retribution would look like. When President Trump started his second term, there were deep fears among curre...
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