GWYNNE DYER: Xi must play his hand carefully to avoid political disaster with China’s zero-COVID trap ‘He is caught in a trap, but he built it himself’ Saltwire News, Canada Gwynne Dyer · Columnist | Dec. 2, 2022 “Our COVID-19 policy is the most scientifically effective, the most economical and yields the best result,” … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: China & Covid
An epidemic of the eloquent unsaid . . . A “Werewolf” will hopefully soon head home . . . Which one will the wee lad get busted for?? Unthinkable, but Undeniable . . . Congratulations, and ”Meow” . . …
World War III Begins With Forgetting [Excerpts] New York Times — December 3, 2022 By Stelhen Wertheim “[H]ow many Americans can truly envision what a third world war would mean? Just as great power conflict looms again, those who witnessed the last one are disappearing. Around 1 percent of U.S. veterans of World War II … Continue reading Quote for the weekend: World War III
[Note: the sudden about face of Finland & Sweden away from their longtime neutral stance to seek Nato membership was for me like a double lightning strike: I’ve never visited either one, but could see they knew Russia up close, and through hard experience. For that matter, it was clear neither nation was a shrinking … Continue reading Updates: Ex-Neutral Finland Ready for War if Russia invades, Premier Says
[NOTE: the essay below is one of 61 chapters in a new book, The Quaker World, published in November 2022 by Routledge. I am posting it here as a witness to the conviction that such Quaker scholarly and historical work should be widely and conveniently available. Unfortunately, in its present form, it is not. That’s because … Continue reading A Call for a New “Quaker World” [In “scholarly” publishing, and a sample thereof . . .