Tag: Politics

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 →

The Niger Coup: A Hollywood Film Treatment

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

In case you were looking for a microcosm of the history of half the entire world dating back, say, the last few hundred years, there’s one example playing out right now in the news over in Africa, in the Republic of Niger. And by the way, it’s pronounced Nee-ZHAYR, not the other way you were … Continue reading The Niger Coup: A Hollywood Film Treatment →

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 – July 7, 2023

Posted on by Joseph C. Kolkas in Weekly news

Reading the daily news disgusts me. There, I said it. It's reached the point of where I feel like I'm living out the abattoir metaphor whenever I do. Which I'm just making up, right now, but hear me out. Do you eat meat? And if you do, do you prepare it yourself—“harvest” it from scratch—or … Continue reading Steam Whistle News Feed – July 7, 2023 →