Politics
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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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World War 1, Historical Revisionism & the Distortion of the Horrors of War
by Lawrence Burke The 28th of July, 2014 marked the 100th anniversary of the start of World War 1. I was born 35 years after the end of WW1 and 8 years after the end of WW2, so both major… Continue reading
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Prisoner 46664: The Last Great Statesman
by Lawrence Burke The death of Nelson Mandela leaves a more obvious vacuum in the international and humane leadership of the world today-perhaps it’s safe to say given recent history in South Africa, since he stepped down as President of… Continue reading
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The Decline of the Open Society
by Lawrence Burke The ex-CIA employee, Edward Snowden who exposed the extent to which the security agencies of the United States of America and her allies intrude on the lives of their citizens raises the specter of the decline of… Continue reading
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Cardinal Carlo Martini: Two Clear Voices of Moral Reasoning in an Age of Deceit and Denial.
by Lawrence Burke The death on August 31st of the Roman Catholic Cardinal Carlo Martini may have passed unnoticed in the largely secular world of quick buy and sell materialism. But, it deserves significant attention because the late Cardinal was… Continue reading
The LB Chronicles by Lawrence Burke, Ed.D 