April 25, 2022. Two synchronous events: Elon Musk buys Twitter and Erdoğan sentences Osman Kavala to life imprisonment. If we take Musk at his word, he purchased Twitter to expand free speech: “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future ofContinue reading “Free Speech”
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KATSUJINKEN: The Life Giving Sword
Alan King had a comedy routine in the 1980s based entirely on obituaries – all culminating with the punchline “survived by his wife.” So I was amused to find this obituary: But amusement was soon replaced by other emotions. Outrage at the atrocities of the Bataan Death March (a chronicle of the rescue mission to free theContinue reading “KATSUJINKEN: The Life Giving Sword”
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