Politics
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6.1KTrying to find Happiness for this Mother
I have lost my joy since becoming a mother. I know I am knee-deep in the hardest season of parenting, with two...
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3.5KTransgender Athletes have Played Professional Sports since the 1970s
Athletic endeavors take pains to make competition fair. Sports will differentiate between amateur and professional competitors. Boxing, wrestling, and Mixed Martial Arts...
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“Will No One Rid Me of this Meddlesome Priest?”
King Henry II (1133 – 1189) had a falling out with the man he had appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. After...
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King Charles III and Politics
There is longevity in King Charle’s immediate bloodline. His parents lived into their nineties. He could be King of England for a...
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2.3KCancel Culture 2022
Cancel Culture is a buzzword we still hear, mostly in right-winged media, but who cancels whom? What does “canceling” someone even mean?...
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2.4KFinal Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Dies
RIA Novosti reported Tuesday that the final Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev died. He was ninety-one, and the Russian news agency said he...
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Spoiler
“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.” – Liz Cheney Oh… wait… no… that...
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2.3KWill Germany’s resolve on Nord Stream 2 survive the winter?
Germans are gearing up for a cold winter this year as energy prices rise. Still, polling conducted for RTL/ntv found that a...
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Leadership Qualities
“Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are, for it shows me what your...
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Enough Votes
When Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (1902-1976) was asked why a candidate had lost his election, Daley drily replied, “He didn’t get...