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Nobody Knows History, Nobody Understands Context

Posted on by Joseph C. Kolkas in Ideas, Weekly news

At my first ever, week-long summer church camp (I was 11 and a practicing Lutheran at the time), I and the token skater/heavy metal kid of the lot—who used a ballpoint pen to tattoo the letters O-Z-Z-Y on his knuckles once a day—were tasked with being in charge of setting up viewing of the afternoon’s … Continue reading Nobody Knows History, Nobody Understands Context →

Steam Whistle News Feed – October 20, 2023

Posted on by Joseph C. Kolkas in Weekly news

Hey, Neighbor!  How’s it going?  Heading out for a weekend trip?  Can you believe these gas prices still?  Thanks a lot, Sleepy Joe, am I right?  Like I always say, if a Republican were president, you know gas would be, like, five dollars a gallon cheaper.  Well, because Republicans always lower gas prices.  It’s, like, … Continue reading Steam Whistle News Feed – October 20, 2023 →

Welcome to The Way of The World

Posted on by Joseph C. Kolkas in Politics, Weekly news

There’s a throwaway scene in the 2019 Romanian documentary Collective, where the country's new Minister of Health is watching a news show on television, and, at a podium, the mayor of Bucharest is denouncing the decision made by the administration to send patients to Vienna for transplant surgeries, and not maintain the patients in Romania … Continue reading Welcome to The Way of The World →