[NOTE: It appears that pope Francis yearns to help mediate an end to the Ukraine-Russian war. It also appears that a tangle of ecumenical, historical and political issues, in addition to the course of the fighting itself, is keeping him on the sidelines. The U. S. progressive Catholic paper describes the complex impasse below. Such … Continue reading Francis & Ukraine: The Pope As Paralyzed Peacemaker
Satire from The Borowitz Report Trump Denies Ever Knowing Ketchup By Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker — June 29, 2022 PALM BEACH (The Borowitz Report)—In his latest denunciation of the former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony to the January 6th committee, Donald J. Trump has denied ever knowing ketchup. “This business about me using ketchup … Continue reading Breaking: “Not The News” Satire by Andy Borowitz
Daily Mail, UK-Sweden and Finland are CLEARED to join NATO after negotiations with Turkey and ahead of Biden’s meeting with Erdogan on Wednesday By EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER IN MADRID FOR DAILYMAIL.COM — 28 June 2022 > The leaders of Turkey, Sweden and Finland have signed a trilateral agreement that will clear the … Continue reading Sweden & Finland Cleared to Join NATO; & Is Putin Now Winning In Ukraine?
Washington Post: The war in Ukraine is on track to be among modern history’s bloodiest It is killing far more soldiers per day than the typical war — and all signs point to protracted conflict By Paul Poast —June 23, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is entering its fifth month, and there is no end … Continue reading Ukraine’s Casualty Count Is Big; it Will likely Get Much Bigger
NOTE: It’s clear to me that Garrison Keillor doesn’t like to be profound, at least not when he’s performing. He starts off writing or doing a monologue, following the curves and turns of a narrative, striving for a seamless whimsy. Then something big & weighty abruptly rolls like a boulder onto his path — interruptions … Continue reading Living As Well As We Can In Spite of Them Is the First Revenge