Monthly Archives: May 2018

Mittelbau-Dora had the highest mortality rate of any concentration camp outside of the death camps. The size of the tunnel complex is difficult to comprehend. The tunnels are filled with refuse, including large piles of V-1 and V-2 missile parts. … Continue reading →

It was a beautiful day for a walk in the forest. The woods were full of bird noises, and mosquitoes. No blasting today, possibly because it was Sunday. This is what looks like a sentry house on a pedestal, with … Continue reading →

My reading list is so long I don’t know when I’m going to get to this, but I really love the cover photo. It’s wonderful.

Guardian: [Texas Governor Greg Abbott]: “It’s impossible to describe the magnitude of evil here … we need to keep guns out of the hands of those who pose a risk to others.” To say it’s impossible to describe the magnitude … Continue reading →

Having drinks with co-workers a year ago I expressed my concern the US was becoming a dystopia out of my childhood science fiction, with people having lost sense of history, of citizenship, community, having lost their ability to even think … Continue reading →

‘A most terrible thing has happened. The King of Yugoslavia has been assassinated.’ ‘Oh, dear!’ she replied. ‘Did you know him?’ ‘No,’ I said. ‘Then why,’ she asked, ‘do you think it’s so terrible?’ Her question made me remember that … Continue reading →

She reflects on the “anti-war” meetings that she has attended back home and echoes Orwell’s famous attack on the vegetarians, fruit-juice drinkers, sandal wearers, “escaped Quakers,” and other radical cranks by remarking on the eccentric dress of the women at … Continue reading →

Guardian: From leading columnists to frontline politicians, people are grappling with how to create space to talk about something other than Mueller. Kyle Pope, editor and publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review, said while print and digital news media have … Continue reading →