Kansas & Wyoming, 1958-1960 In those old days of the (pre-Vatican Two) Catholic Church, they used to say of people like me that we had “lost our faith.” In my case, it wasn’t quite true. That year, 1958, as I turned sixteen,I didn’t lose my faith. Instead, I discovered I just didn’t have any. I … Continue reading Early Abortion & The Priest With Two Stethoscopes
Restoring democracy in Poland Donald Tusk, prime minister of Poland again after eight years, has a hard job ahead, Gwynne Dyer writes. Gwynne Dyer — December 15, 2023 It didn’t take the United States long to restore the normal constitutional order after four years of Donald Trump. He is a ruthless and lawless man, but … Continue reading Poland Enters Political Rehab; & the U. S. Military (Mostly) Repels An Assault By the Anti-Woke Brigades
Gwynne Dyer — #1- Just War and the Gaza Strip December 5, 2023 “If you (Americans) were OK with us killing 5,000 children, you are OK with killing 10,000 children,” said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli diplomat who helped negotiate the Oslo peace accords in the 1990s. That’s what Israeli diplomats really think of US … Continue reading Two by Dyer: A Just War In Gaza? And China: Is A Slow Future of Fizzle Underway?
America #1 – The antiwar activists who were accused of plotting to kidnap Kissinger, but fell in love instead James T. Keane — December 04, 2023 [NOTE: This blogger was a cub reporter when Phil and Dan Berrigan were both in jail after burning military draft files in Catonsville, Maryland in 1968. During the time … Continue reading For The Resistance That’s On Vacation — Read Some Classic Tales: Like About How Henry Kissinger Almost thwarted a touching, suppressed love story
