An arts council, a national opera, some sports teams, and a Defence League: all the little medallions and accoutrements of an actual country, but there’s nothing there to pin them to. All our songs are about something that can’t quite wrench itself into reality. Till we have built Jeru...
“The belief in war as a test of national power and a proof of national superiority added a scientific base to the cult of patriotism… In Britain, a real effort was made to teach boys that success in war depended upon the patriotism and military spirit of the nation, and that preparation...
It appears that I am the only one of voting age during the Ike years so from my failing memory I will try to answer. I believe that Ike was the president of some university. In the run up to the election there was much interest in him and whether he would run as a Democrat or Re...
During the current controversy, Jennings has again claimed Brewster was 16, and seems to have proof, in that a man claiming to be Brewster has come forward and produced a driver’s license showing a birth date that proved he was 16 years old at the time of the incident. The man has no...
I am going to break this time from the precedents I have established on this blog and just tell a story. Four years ago, while doing some volunteer research for the Wauwatosa Historical Society, I met Rupert Schmitt, Jr., on the internet and we became fast friends. Rupert is the grandson...
I am curious about how much of the infrastructure of these 82% national companies is really built and maintained by branches of the IOC's. I also wonder how much of the oil handling is done by the IOC's for those national interests, but not in name. In other words, how much of the...
This is Francis. ‘Good queer,’ he seems to imply when he utters ‘Who am I to judge?’ about gay marriage.Who *are* you?! You’re the fucking Pope for Christ’s sake, that’s who you are.“ ( quote fromMr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder, ...
As was explained to me by a voter that changed their mind about voting, No: “Who am I to stand in the way of a chance for Aboriginals to make their lives better?” Indeed, how can we deny an opportunity that does not affect the vast majority of our lives in the slightest? Voting...
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If you don’t think I won’t actually get my ass up early this year to be there when the doors open, you don’t know me (well, actually, I’ll probably show up between 10am and noon, but if a cat paws me awake at 5am, which there is a very good chance of, then I’ll ...