Sir Elton John has said that he would like to “ban religion completely” because it stirs up “hatred toward gay people.” Sir Elton probably does not hate all religion. Like so many giants of the entertainment industry, Elton John does not hate religion per se but only Christianity.
A specter is haunting Europe, the specter of temperance.
President Trump’s TruthSocial post against Pope Leo XIV revealed a great deal about America’s commander-in-chief. At the surface level, it is odd any president would communicate this way with any pope.
The Cornell Star has uncovered shocking evidence on the origin of Greek civilizaiton. Follow the link.
Finally accommodating Russia and (maybe) Iran 35 years after the Cold War ended
Virtually everything I read in the gutter press (Is there anything else?) is fabricated. Fake New is the only news, especially when it comes from the White House.
I am having to reread a lot of Victorian literature for this year’s Sumer School. If anyone wishes to join me, we can have some brief discussions. I am starting with Trollope’s rather dark novel, The Way We Live Now.
Soviet revivalism is in the news because it is an instrument in the toolbox of Kremlin propaganda, but this is not entirely relevant to what I want to say.
