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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), 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 film, a sort … 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 →

Steam Whistle News Feed – July 14, 2023

Posted on by Joseph C. Kolkas in Weekly news

I know it seems like I’m doomsday picking and preaching these days—that all I want is to talk about the most general and large-scale, worst-case scenario news headlines, and then cynically and half-assedly rattle them in your face like I’m some kind of know-it-all toddler who seems to get his jollies that way. This world … Continue reading Steam Whistle News Feed – July 14, 2023 →

Steam Whistle News Feed – April 28, 2023

Posted on by Joseph C. Kolkas in Weekly news

…And four more things this week.  Maybe five.  Or six.  I don’t really know how to frame this stuff, to be honest.  I think I had something, but then lost it somewhere along the way.  To me, the issues represented here are glaring, but to many they're not, and I don’t know how to—nor would … Continue reading Steam Whistle News Feed – April 28, 2023 →

Steam Whistle News Feed – April 14, 2023

Posted on by Joseph C. Kolkas in Weekly news

Just a quick four things this week.  Why?  Because apparently I’m obligated to fulfill a quota, because I’m paid by people to do a thing, and those people have expectations that maybe are never said outright or defined explicitly or even set down on paper in some form of legally binding contract but nonetheless are … Continue reading Steam Whistle News Feed – April 14, 2023 →

Steam Whistle News Feed – April 7, 2023

Posted on by Joseph C. Kolkas in Weekly news

There were two equally disturbing incidents that made the news this week, between which, despite their having occurred thousands of miles from each another, I found a striking and disturbing parallel. The first was the release of video of a young Muslim being gruesomely massacred by security forces in Ouahigouya, the capital of Yatenga Province … Continue reading Steam Whistle News Feed – April 7, 2023 →