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The frightful cost of war and a bubble gum card
by Charles Howlett 922 words In his award-winning book about World War I, the historian Paul Fussell began The Great War and Modern Memory with the words: “Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected.” He was all too correct. During four years of bloodshed, 1914 to 1918, at least 8.5 million combatants were killed,…
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Another Kind of World Cup Victory
by Andrew Moss 699 words Who would imagine that an international sporting event will be the next battleground in the fight against authoritarian repression? Yet that scenario is unfolding right now, and the battleground is the World Cup tournament – soon to begin in cities around the U.S. To understand the dynamics of the situation,…
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Cognitive Dissonance and the Republican Party
by Bob Topper 1134 words For years I have tried to understand how and why so many of my family and friends, good and intelligent people, buy into the Trump-MAGA promise of quick and easy solutions to complex problems. I see why they believe government has let them down and understand why they believe transgender…