The Nobel Prize goes to...Winston Churchill. Look at what happened only this week on the world stage and a distant voice comes to ear. One movie made of his so-called wilderness years, The Gathering Storm (2002), is still on show for us to recognise what the great man was... See More » (1)
The end is in sight alreadyRemember what happened when LBJ lost Cronkite? Well, the actual phrase "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost middle America" refers to President Lyndon B. Johnson's reaction to Walter Cronkite's 1968 broadcast after the Tet Offensive, where Cronkite... See More »
On this dayDecember 28th, 1734, Rob Roy MacGregor, Scotland’s infamous outlaw and folk hero, died. Known for his fiery red hair and daring exploits, Rob Roy 'guarded' cattle if farmers paid a fee. After financial ruin in 1712, he turned to theft, clashing... See More » (+1)
Goethe's We are never deceived put into practiseMore than half of a century ago, in October 1973, Egypt launched a war not just on the battlefield, but in the shadows. Through deception, diplomacy, and psychological warfare, their president Anwar Sadat and his team blinded some of the world’s... See More » (1)
What's wrong with the Celts today?Past criticism of Frank Delaney's "The Celts" series and book were that it is way too overly romanticized, prejudiced, and lacks scholarly rigor, reflecting the biases of its 1987 production era and Delaney's own potentially arrogant presentation... See More » (1)
Ten minutes rantI'm done with the Israeli bots on here and everywhere else on social media. Just decided to do what I did with the Ukraine issue two years ago. What I said then, well, it's now the accepted truth. One is that Ukraine can't win the war. My advice was... See More »
Good interview of Benny Morrisby Eli Hassell on the Israel-Palestine Conflict from origines to today... (1)
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