Gwynne Dyer: Israel: Yet Another Election From The Portugal News By Gwynne Dyer, in Opinion · Oct. 27, 2022 Israeli voters are indefatigable. The election on November 1st will be the fifth in just three-and-a-half years, and yet the turnout is still likely to be around 70%. That’s especially remarkable because all five elections … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer on Possible Bibi Comeback & What’s Next
GWYNNE DYER: Tigray is being brutally decimated at the hands of Ethiopia, but the world is mostly looking the other way ‘There is only one special thing about Africa’s wars: how little attention everybody else pays to them’ By: Gwynne Dyer — Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 When writing about the Tigray-Ethiopia struggle or any other war … Continue reading Ignoring Africa’s (not very many) Wars. Is It (anything but) Racism?
NOTE: The Ukraine War is A Close, Family Matter Here. Will it affect the outcome of the midterm Senate contest? Washington Post — Politics In Ohio, J. D. Vance faces backlash in Ukrainian community over war stance Many said they would not vote for Vance. In a tight contest, such sentiments could have far-reaching implications. … Continue reading Ohio’s Large Ukrainian Community: A Key to Its Senate Race?
A Compelling Read . . . The Guardian Chelsea Manning: ‘I struggle with the so-called free world compared with life in prison’ Nihilist, anarchist, idealist, troubled young transperson crying out for help: when a 22-year-old US military analyst leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents, everyone thought they knew why. They were wrong, she says. … Continue reading Chelsea Manning: A Searching, Thought-Provoking Profile
. . . And both an inspiration & challenge to Quakers & other people of faith. Thank you to the Times for implicitly acknowledging this. And to Obama for commuting her prison sentence. Chelsea Manning: ‘I’m Still Bound to Secrecy’ New York Times — Oct. 8, 2022 By Chelsea Manning Ms. Manning is an American … Continue reading Chelsea Manning Is an American Hero. Full Stop.