Keeping the ‘Rule of Law’ Alive / Politics / By Gwynne Dyer 19 March 2025 Last Tuesday [March 18 2025)] there was a vote in the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, that may have changed the course of history. When the vote came out ‘Yes’, you could feel the tectonic plates shift. … Continue reading Germany voted to rearm—Did the Earth Move? Gwynne Dyer Says Yes
Adapted from Tell It Slant, a biography of Chuck Fager, by Emma Lapsansky-Werner. St. Paul, Kansas, 1939 “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” — Yogi Berra This story begins with a young man coming to a fork, … Continue reading From “Tell It Slant”: Fighting for A Future
The Economist — Time’s up— Volodymyr Zelensky’s five-year term ends on May 20th But he has no plans to step down or call an election during wartime Five years ago, on May 20th, 2019, a fresh-faced Volodymyr Zelensky began his presidency with the offer of a contract to his people. “Each of us is the … Continue reading Ukraine Update: Zelensky’s Term Ends on May 20. What Then??
War clouds were gathering as winter arrived in 1990. President George H. W. Bush was mobilizing a huge military strike to roll back Saddam Hussein’s occupation of Kuwait. War fever was being ginned up on every side, ignoring huge protests and objections even from Pope John Paul II. I was working at a large post office … Continue reading Don’t Miss This Classic Radio Christmas Story from Canada!
Israel-Gaza: A Question of Numbers Gwynne Dyer Being the Heritage Minister is not the summit of achievement in Israeli politics, but it is a cabinet position, and Amihai Eliyahu, the current occupant, really should watch what he says. When Radio Kol Berama asked him whether an atomic bomb should be dropped on Gaza, he should … Continue reading The Mounting Math of Massacres