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Ah, those good old days of Empire. They were special.
From Harper’s Weekly Review: King Charles delivered a speech about Britain’s abuses during their colonization of Kenya in which he failed to offer an apology, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan bemoaned the fall of the Ottoman Empire at a rally … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Government, The Facts of Life
Tagged British occupation, Charles in Kenya, Erdogan, Harper's, King Charles III, Ottoman Empire, Turkey
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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
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Who cares why World War I began?
A couple of months ago, a question, disconnected from anything I was doing or thinking at the time, popped up in my head: “How did we — the U.S., that is — get into World War I?” We all know … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged Albania, Archduke Franze Ferdinand, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, NATO, Ottoman Empire, Romania, Russia, Sarajevo, Serbia, Turkey, World War I, World War II
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