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Birds of Bureaucracy by Martin Howard Samuel
¿Qué pasó el 3 de enero de 2026? Our world leaders bar none (vultures each and every one) are no more than hypocrites if their talks are doves of peace (they say it’s purely politics) why let fly the hawks… Continue reading
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Armistice (Remembrance) Day 11/11/2025
The Parable of the Old Man and the Young by Wilfred Owen So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,And took the fire with him, and a knife.And as they sojourned both of them together,Isaac the first-born spake and… Continue reading
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Meditations on the Impermanence of Life
Meditation l: Ozymandias by Percy B Shelley I met a traveler from an antique land,Who said—“Two vast and trunk-less legs of stone; Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand; Half sunk, a shattered visage lies,… Continue reading
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The Hollow Men by T.S.Eliot : In Memory of AJC; August 1955-September 2025
I We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning togetherHeadpiece filled with straw. Alas!Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaninglessAs wind in dry grass Or rats’ feet over broken glassIn our dry cellar Shape without form, shade… Continue reading
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The Rise of Neo-Feudalism and the Decline of Western Democracies
The signs and indicators have been around for a long time. The rise of the Oligarchs and their unbridled wealth. The Tech Billionaires and their Trillion dollar corporations. Mass poverty across nation states in the face of this extraordinary global… Continue reading
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Film Review: Eddington or the ‘Mental Breakdown of the American Mind’
As movies go, this is a long drawn out dark pseudo comedy about day to day life in small town America during the global pandemic. Its scope is breath taking in its attempt to cover a wide range of political,… Continue reading
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Forgotten Books: A Review of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s A Discourse on Inequality
Ever wondered about inequality today, and how it came about? Rousseau’s treatise offers some insight. Published in the middle of the 18th century, the essay attempts to show the link between humanity, the natural world, and how we evolved to… Continue reading
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A Favorite Poem
Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match’d with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and… Continue reading
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If Fish change Gender, what’s the fuss about Human Beings doing the same?
Around 500 different species of fish are able to change their gender naturally. This is in part due to the fact that unlike mammals and birds, the sex of a fish is not determined by chromosomes. Further, according to the… Continue reading
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Opinions: Do they Matter?
Recently, a 71 year old pensioner from Kent in England, was arrested, handcuffed and cautioned, after posting a message on the social media platform X which was judged offensive. According to reports, his home was searched and his electronic devices… Continue reading
The LB Chronicles by Lawrence Burke, Ed.D 