20th Century
The Tectonic Plates Shift
As we make our way back from an enjoyable day trip by train to Edinburgh, Mrs AWS and I have pause for thought as we pass through Lockerbie, scene of the 1988 bombing which claimed [more…]
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America
Outwith The Expected Path
American presidencies have typically followed the expected path of an election cycle, with presidents either completing their terms or being voted out of office. However, the history of the United States includes several presidencies that [more…]
20th Century
Disaster Over The Strait of Hormuz
As Mrs AWS and I flash through the Scottish Lowlands after our day trip to Edinburgh, passing through Lockerbie station reminds us of events decades ago and thousands of miles away. Nowadays the term ‘Gulf [more…]
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An Honest Biography of Kamala Harris
The 20th of October 1964 saw the birth of Kamala Iyer Harris at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Oakland, California, a daughter to accomplished academics Shyamala and Donald Harris. Shyamala was already a PhD in nutrition [more…]
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Here be Dragons – Beware Quicksand
“Treason doth never prosper, what’s the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason.” – John Harington Shortly after 12:30 pm local time on November 22, 1963, the medical staff at Parkland Memorial [more…]
20th Century
Near-Disaster at 39,000ft
Returning home from our day trip to Edinburgh, myself and Mrs AWS have pause for thought as we eat our Burger Kings in Standard Premium. Beyond our train window, the peaceful Scottish Lowlands flash past. [more…]
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The leadership race
The dirty tricks have started already. The first is to declare that there can be no deal with Reform on the grounds that the remaining 121 shysters have nothing in common with those far right [more…]
20th Century
Disaster at Lockerbie
Returning home from our day trip to Edinburgh, myself and Mrs AWS have pause for thought as we eat our Burger Kings in Standard Premium and watch the Scottish Lowlands flash past from the train [more…]
21st Century
Right-Wing Wave in Europe a Reaction to EU’s Subservience to NATO
By Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert. The results of the EU elections are causing despair among liberal activists around the world. Irresponsibly, some [more…]