From “America’s Vanishing Kingdom,” By Thuy Linh Tu Ms. Tu, a professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University, moved from South Vietnam to Connecticut as a child, not long after the fall of Saigon. My dad’s American dream was made of aluminum. Not that he would have put it that way. … Continue reading Quotes from the (American) Era & A Vanishing Kingdom
Do rightwing American Catholics hate pope Francis? Is the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Jewish? On a scale of 1 to 10, would 25 be close enough? From my outside liberal Quaker perspective, Francis is not all that progressive: slow on smashing the priestly pedophile protection racket; mushy on cleaning up the sewer of financial sleaze … Continue reading U. S. Catholic defenders of Pope Francis “Mobilize” behind closed doors
UNHOLY ALLIANCE: Putin’s Holy Man Pushed for the ‘Eradication’ of Ukraine The Daily Beast A. Craig Copetas — Mar. 22, 2022 Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill appears to be just as bloodthirsty as Vladimir Putin himself. Beneath the gold onion domes of the Danilov Monastery a few miles south of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin’s chief shaman … Continue reading Putin’s Orthodox Enabler; and the Magic of War Logistics
Jamelle Bouie is rapidly emerging as one of the more acute and important members of the rising generation of New York Times columnists. His career has followed a different track than previous generations of Timesmen, among whom almost all roads to the paper led through Harvard Yard. Instead, after the University of Virginia, Bouie blogged … Continue reading The Impending, Ominous Return of “States Rights”
Elon Musk’s Starlink is keeping Ukrainians online when traditional Internet fails Musk sent terminals for the satellite Internet service after a Ukrainian official tweeted at him Excerpted from the Washington Post: By Rachel Lerman and Cat Zakrzewski — March 19 2023 Elon Musk recently challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to a one-handed fistfight for the future … Continue reading Elon Musk? Ukraine Freedom Fighter?? (Well, Virtually . . .)