Category: Social Issues
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WHEN PLATES COLLIDE
Devastating earthquakes, like the February 6 one in Turkey and Syria, are caused by shifting of tectonic plates. In other words, we all live on an unstable ground. It’s just that some of us are farther away from cracks than others. Do you know where the nearest fault line is to your home? That is…
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PLUTOCRACY BLOSSOMS AROUND THE WORLD
THE RICH GET RICHER, THE POOR GET POORER, THE MIDDLE CLASS SHRINKS This week, the global “elite” are meeting again in Davos, a posh Swiss ski resort, for their annual shindig about global economy. And about how to get richer yet. In their honor, the anti-poverty charity Oxfam issued a new report which showed that over…
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SEXISM AND DUPLICITY THE BRITISH WAY
SEXISM AND DUPLICITY THE BRITISH WAY BRAINWASHING AND DUMBING DOWN THE NATION THE AMERICAN WAY DICTATORSHIP OF MINORITIES REVISITED A true democracy means MAJORITY rule. What we have in today’s perverted world of sexism is a dictatorship of minorities. I first wrote about that over 25 years ago in my 1997 Washington Times column “Dancing ‘Round…
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Protected: A WALK IN THE PARK WITH MY GRANDSON-IN-LAW
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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A “HIT AND RUN” THE BELGRADE WAY
SERBIAN POLICEMAN: “IT’S MADNESS OVER HERE. THIS IS A CRAZY COUNTRY, THESE ARE CRAZY PEOPLE, THEY DO CRAZY THINGS.” AND IT’S ALL CONSIDERED “NORMAL”, INCLUDING DOUBLE-PARKING AND BLOCKING OTHER PEOPLE’S CARS Last Thursday, I parked our car on “our” street. Milutina Bojica is “a quiet dead end,” as people would describe the 100m-cul de sac.…
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BEAUTIFUL BELGRADE: A CITY ON TWO MIGHTY RIVERS SPARKLES AT NIGHT FROM KALEMEGDAN FORTRESS
It has been years since I walked along the walls of the Kalemegdan fortress. This Turkish structure built on the walls of the Roman city (Singidunum) has always symbolized the indestructibility and resilience of the Serbian nation. After a 500-year darkness under the Turkish sultans and pashas, the Serbs threw off the Ottoman yoke in…
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UTTER DISREGARD FOR BICYCLE RIDERS AND CIVILIANS
UTTER DISREGARD FOR BIKE RIDERS AND PEDESTRIANS Let’s sum it up. In Belgrade, bike riders and pedestrians are like dirt. Free game for builders and drivers. The communist mindset which puts machines ahead of the individuals and nature is still present. Twenty years ago, a Serbian politician (Djindjic) tried to be different. His government built…
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AN AMERICAN FROM SERBIA: “THOSE WHO DO NOT LEARN FROM HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT”
AN AMERICAN FROM SERBIA: “THOSE WHO DO NOT LEARN FROM HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT” WILL NOTHING EVER CHANGE IN SERBIA? (for the better) So the Serbian cauldron is boiling again. People are in the streets protesting against the regime, and the police and government goons are beating them again. Just as happened in…
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AN AMERICAN IN SERBIA: WHAT LIVING IN BELGRADE IS LIKE AFTER 50+ YEARS IN AMERICA
Three years ago, I arrived in Serbia. The idea was to see what living in my native city for about six months would be like after spending half a century in America. Well, the best laid plans of mice and men… Three months after my arrival, a temporary living arrangement became a permanent wedlock. I…
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SERBIA: THE MOST RECKLESS COUNTRY
of the highest vaccinated countries in the world. Now Covid is raging in Serbia while vaccinations seem to have slowed. As a result, Serbia is now the worst country in terms of the anti-vaxxer index. What makes Serbia the worst country? First and foremost, recklessness and ignorance of the anti-vaxxers. But there’s also a possibility…
TRUTH IN MEDIA: TRUTH TRUMPS POWER EVERY TIME! 