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World Affairs2 Comments

The Power of Perspective.

May 19, 2020 franklparker

I’m sharing a post from the retired US academic Hugh Curtler in which he shares something his son discovered. It’s a reminder that, as bad as things might seem today, they were often far worse in the past. Continue reading The Power of Perspective.

Saturday Sound-off, UK politics11 Comments

#Brexit – The Great British Betrayal

October 21, 2018 franklparker

But the greatest betrayal, the one that cuts like a red hot knife to the very heart of everything I was brought up to believe, is the betrayal of our shared values. Continue reading #Brexit – The Great British Betrayal

British History, Reviews1 Comment

Don’t Spare the Horses

August 22, 2018 franklparker

In case Sally’s description and Lesley’s review posted in Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore below don’t convince you to buy this  book, here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2471099115 via Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore – New Book on the Shelves – #WWI drama – The Dandelion Clock by Rebecca Bryn. Continue reading Don’t Spare the Horses

British History, World Affairs1 Comment

Remembrance

November 10, 2017 franklparker

[the] thousands of civilians who died in bombing raids on both sides of the English Channel, were all as much victims of Adolf Hitler’s insane philosophy as those who died in the gas chambers and concentration camps. Continue reading Remembrance

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