The Russian-Ukrainian Village, Evening Bells
In the 1960s I earned a minor in Russian Studies at university which interestingly enough, provided me with a lot of background to what I would observe when I visited Ukraine and central Russia...
From a Paper War to Real War
Renewing a suggestion she made in 2021, Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene once again suggested a "national divorce" this past February.
Now, I'm a fan of MTG because she sometimes calls a spade "a fritzing...
Famous Common People I Have Known, Mick Hensley
First written in 2010, my best known essay from my "Famous Common People I Have Known" series (also found individually here), I'd very much like to get published in bookshelf print format. I'd consider...
Artemus Ward, America’s Original “Cable Guy”, and his Interview With President Lincoln
As you know, there's lots of talk about war right now, and just like 1860, it's occurring at two levels, not one. And in that first war it was the bottom 70% who carried...
“Simpatico”, Two Simple Rules for Immigration
You already know I’m “one of those desert loving English”. I like Arabs and don’t see anything especially sinister in the Quran as I’ve known it to develop over the past millenium. But I...
Where is Matt? After a Decade’s Slide into Darkness (Revised)
Matt Harding was born in 1976, a Gen-Xer (1965-1980). That Generation is just as apt to cling to the old ways and standards of their parents (Baby Boomers, 1942-1964) as they are to become utterly nouveau, knowing little, if anything about the shoulders they...