GWYNNE DYER: Ukraine’s Black Sea corridor | July 25, 2022 “Not all issues have yet been resolved, but the fact that there is movement is already good,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran on Tuesday, July 19. “We feel that incrementally, there’s been a little bit more progress made, but there’s nothing to announce … Continue reading War Notes: Odessa and the Bread of Life
A Life & Death Race. Not Exaggerating. AP News: Liz Cheney braces for primary loss as focus shifts to 2024 BY STEVE PEOPLES AND MEAD GRUVER — July 24, 2022 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Three weeks before the most significant election of her political career, Liz Cheney was nowhere to be seen as thousands of … Continue reading Liz Cheney: Running for Her Life
New York Times: There’s More Than One Way To Ban a Book [COMMENT: I read Lolita some years ago. Creepy. Unsettling. Perverse, but hardly prurient. Not for kids; but ban it? Nope. I never read Darwin, but if anyone still doubts the nub of his argument, then don’t worry about the latest COVID variants; God … Continue reading Banning & Suppressing Books: Part of Our (Not Very) Brave New World
Stephen Colbert “He chose not to act,” Colbert added. “Same review he got for [his cameo role in the movie] Home Alone 2.” The committee retraced Trump’s steps for the whole of January 6, including the afternoon spent watching Fox News in the White House. “Nothing unusual there – just an elderly man, parked in … Continue reading More Weekend Humor
Washington Post: Why monarch butterflies, now endangered, are on the ‘edge of collapse’ The International Union for Conservation of Nature placed the migratory insect on its endangered species list Thursday. By Dino Grandoni — July 21, 2022 The migratory monarch butterfly, a North American icon with a continent-spanning annual journey, now faces the threat … Continue reading Another Monarch Butterfly Doom & Gloom Report