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Fathers and Sons – A Review

Posted on December 2, 2019 by

Fathers and Sons is a novel about Russia, above all. A Russian empire still firmly under Tzarist control before the wars against the Ottomans and the Germans undermined and eventually ended that ancient dynasty. But its also about a Russia … Continue reading →

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On Absurdism and its Minions

Posted on December 1, 2019 by

We are told these days that truth is not objective. Nothing is right or wrong, not really. Simply the mood of the day, the fickle ebb and flow of culture. But who decides? We have replaced our philosopher kings with … Continue reading →

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To Talk of Many Things… (Vol. #7 – Influence)

Posted on November 28, 2019 by

They wept like anything to see Such quantities of sand: “If this were only cleared away,” They said, “it would be grand!” I was walking through an ancient monastery yesterday, Thanksgiving Day, in a place lost in time and history. … Continue reading →

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“Ordeal: The Sisters” – Book One

Posted on November 24, 2019 by

“I stood here in the crowd a short time ago, and listened,” said Roshchin through his teeth. “Fire and brimstone descends from this balcony and the crowd mops it up. I don’t know any longer who are the strangers in … Continue reading →

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Our Empty Planet

Posted on November 16, 2019 by

We have been taught by the deejays of doom in the media, the hard-left apocalyptic political class and their ‘scientists’ at the United Nations that the end is nigh. Water wars; energy shocks; rising of sea levels swamping first Venice … Continue reading →

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To Talk of Many Things… (Vol. #6 – Compassion)

Posted on November 11, 2019 by

You say you have compassion; social consciousness which sets you above the rest. You rail at injustice (sometimes real though often perceived through your oh-so perfected filters of subjugation). You vote the right way, you march during the great mobilizations … Continue reading →

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The Untold Story of Cuba

Posted on November 9, 2019 by

Originally posted on Joel D. Hirst's Blog:
Have you ever seen a painting so beautiful that it stops your heart for a second; reds and greens and golds imprinted upon your essence for eternity? Do you ever listen to…

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