Ukraine and Taiwan are now forced to play for time GWYNNE DYER CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL Sept. 10, 2022 Taiwan’s long-term survival prospects are much worse than Ukraine’s. Gwynne Dyer’s new book is The Shortest History of War. Last weekend, about 70,000 Czechs gathered in Wenceslas Square in central Prague for a … Continue reading Dyer on Ukraine & Taiwan
Remembering 9/11 — From the archives Sep 11 BEARING WITNESS By Garrison Keillor Sept. 3, 2006 New York Times Book Review It was a perfect late-summer day in New York, the sort of day when a person feels terribly lucky to be in the city. A man named Pavel Hlava was showing his brother Josef … Continue reading Quote of the Day: Garrison Keillor, Remembering 9/11
[NOTE — Different Strokes: If I were rich, I don’t think my lifestyle would change much during most of the year. But about now, in mid-September, I’d go wild. Or I would have, in the good old days. First, a plane ticket to Montreal, or maybe Quebec City. Then a rental car (I’d need a … Continue reading One More Climate Tragedy: R. I. P. Leaf-Peeping
