ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, whatever

Random thoughts about a monster that won’t go quietly away.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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After Ukraine

After Ukraine, upon which East European nation will the West next turn its back?

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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A parable for our times

Morocco Strett

Niki de Goodaboom, “Street Scene: Morocco”.

“ … all things are done in parables: that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear and not understand.” (Mark 4, 11 – 12)

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Russia’s Ukraine gambit backfires

But the bear will be back.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Superpower befuddlement

Régime change and popular elections in the Islamic world give rise only to new cycles of repression, not to new democracies. 

By Gary Scarrabelotti 

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