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• Somaliland’s Strategic Importance

  

  “Look at Somaliland’s strategic location and you will understand everything.” (Israeli political official)After recognizing Somaliland’s independence, Israeli... Read more

  The 07 January 2026 by   Arirusila
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• Uncomfortable Truths

  

  Horror makes us confront uncomfortable truths. I suspect Birth/Rebirth might be the kind of movie to contain triggers for some folks. Read more

  The 31 January 2026 by   Steveawiggins
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• Unsolved

  

  Strange as it may seem, the world of academic religious studies can have high drama. On May 21, 1991, Ioan Petru Culianu, a professor of religion at the... Read more

  The 30 January 2026 by   Steveawiggins
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• Not Again!

  

  The only reason I heard of Repossessed is because my wife read about it in a local newspaper. This is true although I’d written a book about the Bible in... Read more

  The 29 January 2026 by   Steveawiggins
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• Optimistic Moves

  

  I’ve been thinking about moving lately.  No, not planning to move, but just thinking about the process.  A family member recently moved, and we have new... Read more

  The 28 January 2026 by   Steveawiggins
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• Beautiful Reality

  

  Although it is central to understanding all human experience, we are far from comprehending consciousness. It’s clear to me, based on the fact that our senses... Read more

  The 27 January 2026 by   Steveawiggins
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• The GOP is Full of Shit*

  

  If one fixation seemingly defined the Republican cult, it was Second Amendment gun rights. Yet dishonesty and hypocrisy are the party’s overriding features. Thu... Read more

  The 31 January 2026 by   Fsrcoin
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• Jack Smith in Bizzarroland

  

  How fitting if in the end the only person criminalized for January 6 is . . . Jack Smith. The special prosecutor.Of course some 1500 people were convicted for... Read more

  The 27 January 2026 by   Fsrcoin
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• Greenland — America Pays a Big Price — And Gets Nothing

  

  An Albany Times-Union editorial called Trump’s Greenland threats “insane” and “madness;” and said the European Union must impose harsh economic sanctions agains... Read more

  The 24 January 2026 by   Fsrcoin
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• Israel’s Kristallnacht — And Minnesota’s

  

  “Kristallnacht” was the 1938 German Nazi pogrom attacking Jews with violent atrocities. (My own forebears got out months earlier. Read more

  The 22 January 2026 by   Fsrcoin
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