Search all posts
-
Most Recent Posts
Sites of Interest
Category Archives: Human rights
Just now I looked at the election map of Turkey
Why? Because the Times printed it with a story about yesterday’s national election — for which there will be a run-off since no one (meaning the autocratic Erdogan) got a majority. The map looked oddly familiar, somewhat like post-election maps … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights, War on women
Tagged Erdogan, Kurdistan, Kurds, Kurds in Turkey, Turkey, Turkish election
Comments Off on Just now I looked at the election map of Turkey
Outtakes and Vagabonds: A contemplation of heroes, and the first Oscar
Years ago, a boyfriend told me about a discussion he was having with his son, a student, who was taking a course in ancient mythology. He’d been given an essay assignment to describe heroes. His father, who had taught comparative … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Human rights, Revolution, The Facts of Life, The god problem, voting rights
Tagged "Wings", Academy Awards, Adolph Zukor, Alexei Navalny, Charlie Bluhdorn, Frank Yablans, Gulf + Western Building, heresy, heretics, mythological heroes, Oscars, Paramount Pictures, the Oscar, Vladimir Kara-Murza
Comments Off on Outtakes and Vagabonds: A contemplation of heroes, and the first Oscar
The Museum of the Utterly Absurd is negotiating to add this to their collection
From Harper’s Weekly Review: Caitlyn Jenner announced a PAC that will work to “keep boys out of women’s sports,” “fight the radical gender ideology,” and preserve “parents’ rights.”
Posted in Culture, Human rights, Politics
Tagged Bruce Jenner, Caitlyn Jenner, Harper's, women's sports
Comments Off on The Museum of the Utterly Absurd is negotiating to add this to their collection