A wounded man is in far better care than a gassed man

  When you research WW1 letters, often you never learn what happened to the soldier. Such is the case of the first letter I’m posting here. I know this unknown Canadian soldier’s  initials were W. A., he was from Ontario (possibly from Ivanhoe), his female friend was newly married and moved to Foxboro, Ontario and [...]

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For King and Country – Letters from the Great War

You are likely pondering 2 things at this point in time. First where have I been and second “for King and country”? Unlikely title for the first entry in awhile, isn’t it? During the summer I began thinking about a series of articles about the First World War to honour Remembrance Day this year. As [...]

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Tempest in a tea bag

Christine O’Donnell’s recent pronouncement that the separation of Church and State is not in the Constitution opens up two rather interesting arguments. First, it opens up the way for the idea of the establishment of a theocracy within the US. The right wing is chiming in, supporting her statement that there is nothing in the [...]

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Desperate justifications

I find a trend in US politics increasingly stressful. There is a revisionist movement that is relabeling the Nazi’s as communist and left wing. No matter how much information you present to the contrary, they scream LIES, LIES, LIES and then smack the Nazi tag on everything they disagree with. Stir up societies deepest fears, [...]

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But they fought Commies so that makes it okay… right?

I’ve been trolling around again and stumbled on something that has me a bit … er … gobsmacked. In Ohio, there is an 5th Waffen SS Wiking Brigade reenactment group. Yes, men who pretend to be SS stormtroopers for fun and entertainment. Their page states this: It is our aim to bring you a bit [...]

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I can’t stand it

I’m going to run away. Somewhere that has no internet connection. That way I won’t keep stumbling across such gems as this: What is one school that Mary 1 Queen of England attended? She didn’t attend schools. She was taught by monks. Most of her early life was spent in exile away from court because [...]

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