Highland Snow on high mountains Is smoothed by the wind. The high white folds of winter Fray in to yellow grass And sleeping heather. There is no tree between me and the mountain- Only the wind combing the marsh grass.[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Archiv für Juni, 2018
Influx Why is there an influx of migrants at the Mexican border? Because mostly Republican administrations supported the Dirty Warriors in the Dirty Wars of Central and South America. Thank you Dick Nixon, Henry Kissinger and Ronald Reagan. We can’t[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Comparisons Pope Francis makes comparisons. „I say this with pain. In the last century the whole world was scandalized about what the Nazis did to purify the race. Today we do the same, but now with white gloves.“ According to[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Exiled “Founded in 1993 by Dr. Rudolf Scholten, the Austrian Archive for Exile Studies is part of the Documentation Centre for modern Austrian literature. The Archive documents the life and work of Austrian writers and other cultural figures who have[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
The Golden Anniversary of the Annexation (Ditto for the 80th Anniversary) At the unveiling of the monument commemorating the victims of the Holocaust, speeches of regret were read by political luminaries, Church dignitaries, public figures and high-ranking military men. Poets[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
At Nazi and Klu-Klux Rally on August 11 to 12, 2017at Charlottesville, Virginia Heather Heyer, an anti-fascist activist, was killed when a car driven by James Alex Fields Jr. rammed her. “I think there’s blame on both sides…But you also[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
The Myth Just as East Europe was freed from Nazism but not freed, Russia (or the Soviet Union, if you will) was freed from Communism but not freed. There’s a myth circulating that President Reagan and Pope John Paul II[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
The Mouth as Launcher Helen went off to Troy with Paris, leaving King Menelaus behind in Sparta. Helen had the face “that launched a thousand ships,” which carried Greek warriers to fight a war that lasted a decade. Monica’s mouth[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Bill Maher, Vietnam in Retrospect Bill is thumbs down on Iraq and thumbs up on Vietnam. Guess Dick and Henry are his men. “I’ve been hearing nothing but Vietnam was a wasted war – we should never have gone. I[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Here’s Donald Trump on the Charlottesville Rally: “You also had some very fine people on both sides ….I’ve condemned neo-Nazis. I’ve condemned many different groups. But not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me!”. “One of the men seen[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …