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Strongman!
Today, Paul Krugman published a Times column analyzing why the “strongman,” as typified by Putin, is so admired and desired by the current GOP. I learned something about this “strongman” thing years ago, while in a taxi heading to JFK … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Government, Immigration, The Facts of Life
Tagged Basque, Brooklyn Bridge, Guernica, JFK Airport, MoMA, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Picasso, Ronald Reagan, Russian Jews, Stalin, strongmen, USSR
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Do you love thrillers? If so…
…you must read this. A few days ago, the Times published a story of Maksim and Sergei, two Russians who escaped from involuntary conscription into Putin’s war by chugging in a small exposed boat across the Bering Sea to a … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, Immigration, The Facts of Life, War, War on Ukraine
Tagged Bering Sea, Putin's war, Russian military conscription, Russians escape Russia
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So what’s going on in the United Kingdom?
From Harper’s Weekly Review: In the United Kingdom, mail carriers, garbage collectors, border patrol staff, rail workers, emergency responders, and nurses went on strike, and Brits were advised against playing contact sports or getting “blind drunk,” while medical services were … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Human rights, Immigration, Racism, The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged British strike, British Tories, Rwanda refugees
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