I love the news and current events. I’maddicted1to what’s happening in the world. It doesn’t matter what kind of news it is, I love watching it. Even if it’s from countries I’ve never heard of. I’ll even watch the same news pr...
Obama in Denial on Russia Things are moving far too fast in Kiev, Moscow and Crimea to write about events there. But the past isn't going anywhere. Though you wouldn't know that from the way the Obama administration talks about it Ukraine: Beautiful Kiev has been Brutalized My beloved...
Monday Musings: Covid-19 and America’s Character Flaw July 20, 2020 Many of you know that I have a Ph.D. in U.S. History. My years of studying America’s past have taught me a lot and left me fully aware of the dangers inherent in making broad, sweeping generalizations. And yet...
means happening now; of the present time, so it matches with A. 2. survey n. means an investigation of the opinions; behaviour, etc. of a particular group of people, so it matches with F. 3. rate v. means to think sb. /sth. has a particular level of quality or value, so it ...
These two words are very similar some of the time, but can also be very different. current is an adjective that means “belonging to the present time, happening now”, for example: I like to follow current events. My current job will end next year. It al
These events are collectively called current affairs. Current affairs can be looked upon from the world point of view or from the viewpoint of a single country. Certain events that happen in a country can affect the happenings going on in other parts of the world. Hence current affairs have...
This entry was posted inCurrent EventsonAugust 6, 2021byHeidi St. John. America the Beautiful, You’re In Trouble 155 Replies My heart is breaking for our Republic today. I know many of you are grieving with me. 2020 will go down in history, at least for me, as the year we lost ...
“Don’t commit genocide” is too demanding an ask from voters, then there’s hardly even a pretense of democracy in America left to defend. And if Harris pulls off this election with her Cheney-first strategy, the Democratic Party will know they never need to listen to the antiwar or ...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy was elected by promising to modernize France's societal infrastructure and bring it more into line with America's. But then something got in the way: France Enforcing Budgetary Discipline in the Eurozone Europe's new fiscal compact treaty attempts to force regiona...
This is the day before my birthday, once a relatively welcome event, now taboo, as December 1 was the day I found my wonderful father dead in his favorite chair after he died in his sleep at the age of 89. I can’t shake the sense that my father’s exit from the world was of ...