Dad was one of five brothers, all were actively involved in the war - three as gunners, one in the RAF, one in the ambulance corps. Three were unscathed, Dad was wounded at Tobruk and invalided out o… (View Post)

I believe it was a similar form of exposure that did for Joe McCarthy. When the public saw him preening in front of the court they were understandably enough put off the guy. (View Post)

You are confusing a problem of censorship with one of education. Censorship is the cure for incitement; education is the cure for the drip, drip of dehumanisation. (View Post)

In Rachel we trust. :) (View Post)

The solution is a kind of Marshall plan for post-war Ukraine so that its expats want to go back and it becomes an attractive place to build a life in. I actually think there is a decent chance this c… (View Post)