Friday, March 06, 2026

Mind-Boggling

There are numerous assertions on X and other places that a submarine which sinks an enemy ship is legally and morally obligated to rescue the survivors.

There are even trained journalists who appear to believe that a submarine which sinks a troop ship that held thousands of troops is obligated to rescue the survivors.

Our schools need to teach more about the nature and inherent risks of warfare.

[My late father-in-law was an American soldier on a ship that was sunk during World War II. He dove into the water and was eventually rescued. I can only imagine his expression if I'd asked about the German efforts to rescue the American survivors.]


Prohuman Ambassadors

Check out the Prohuman Ambassadors Program at the Prohuman Foundation

It's a very impressive program. Applications have a due date of March 26.

[I taught a class in their last academy and was very impressed with the caliber of the group.]

Origin: The Rockford Files

 


Thursday, March 05, 2026

Wednesday, March 04, 2026

The Battle for Europe

 


What's Your Blues Name?

Cultural Offering has your combination.

I guarantee it.

I may have found a new career.

Jailhouse Bad Boy Bailey

Novels on Dictatorships


Since we’re anticipating the fall of the Iranian theocracy, here’s an assortment of novels with insights on dictatorships.

The First Circle by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

The Comedians by Graham Greene

Mendelssohn Is on the Roof by Jiri Weil

Life with a Star by Jiri Weil

The Wall by John Hersey

The Fox in the Attic by Richard Hughes

Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi

The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli

The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden

The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman

The Conformist by Alberto Moravia

Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter

Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood

The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

Children of the Arbat by Anatoly Rybakov

A Gentleman in Moscow by Armor Towles


[Photo by Adventure Albania at Unsplash]