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Kukly , 21 May 2000, "Freedom of Speech." Tolstoy visits the Federal Bureau of Freedom of Speech. Screenshot from source . We cit...

Found on Facebook .   I have no idea whether my target audience for this post will ever actually see it. That audience: people who look at t...

. . . don't expect peace too soon. I'm writing about the death of George Floyd  for no reason related to my own insights or wisdo...

The Monument to the Dead ( Péronne, France,  1926), sculpture by Louis Faille  ( source ) Whether you approve or disapprove of Donald ...

Yesterday I was startled by the sound of an airplane overhead. Until just a couple of weeks ago, I wouldn't have been able to write th...

According to a joke circulating in Russia during the 1998 financial crisis, two bankers are conversing: “How did you sleep last night?” “...

I was 38 years old when I flunked my first stress test. It all started with pain that I felt doing aerobic exercises. The doctor put me on a...