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Feb 9, 2020, 7:03 AM

The Juche idea and Donald Trump

I’ve been thinking about religion recently. People have been saying that Donald Trump is not religious and has been playing his religious followers about his faith. I disagree. The President has a deep faith and he’s very religious, but...

Feb 1, 2020, 6:21 PM

Notes on the Impeachment of Benjamin Netanyahu

I’ve been arguing with some people on Twitter. They said that “impeachment is not a thing” in Israel. Well, it kind of is. A kind of process took place recently where a committee in the Knesset took up the...

Jan 22, 2020, 4:51 PM

Counting time: The Start of the Decade

You may be interested to note that the 2020s started well before you think they did. Trump was impeached around a month or so ago, and it’s an excellent cultural benchmark to hang a decade around. Decades are different...

Jan 21, 2020, 3:36 PM

The year of the Radius

Now I know you have no idea what that means. The radius of WHAT? Well, over the past year, two NASA probes have been sending data from both approximate ends of the radius of the Solar System. I find this...

Jul 28, 2016, 9:00 PM

Fun at the Democratic Convention ’16

Political conventions are a very different experience for those being there as opposed to those watching on TV. This year’s Democratic National Convention is a case in point. Except on C-span, our country’s parliamentary channel, Almost no one pays attention...

Jul 4, 2016, 8:16 PM

Compassion Fatigue

Here we go again. The tragedy in Bangladesh and the tragedy in Istanbul have gotten the reverse-racists back from out of the woodwork calling the rest of us monsters for not mourning enough over the innocent dead. Why are...

Jun 25, 2016, 11:08 PM

Bigotry and Brexit: It’s not what you think it is

The question on everyone’s lips is “why?” Why did the English and Welsh do it? Hate is what did it, but not the way most of the mainstream media is depicting it. No. It was hatred of England and the...

Jun 23, 2016, 12:09 AM

The UN General Assembly fails again: The Holy Sepulchre will be repaired at last!!!!

About three weeks ago, I was sitting on the stairway in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, listening to the various tour guides discussing a curious ladder on the second story window on the right. It was...

Jun 17, 2015, 9:52 PM

Welcolme to the First and Last European Games

The First, and maybe Last , European Games, have begun in Baku, Azerbaijan and all the world outside that country couldn’t really care less. People may wonder about whether Azerbaijan is actually IN Europe, or why any country’s leadership...

Jun 6, 2015, 11:57 PM

Revanchism: An Ideology That’s Swept the World.

The word of the month is “Revanchist”. 1) An advocate or supporter of a political policy of revenge, (“revanche” is French for that), especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat. (Noun) 2.) Of or relating to a...

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About Me

Eric Lurio is a freelance writer and artist. He's been a movie critic for the past fifteen years and has been writing about travel and politics since the 1970s. Among his books are "The Cartoon Guide to the US Constitution and "A Fractured History fo the Discovery of America."