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March 11, 2022

It’s ‘Ukraine,’ not ‘the Ukraine’ – here’s why

For most of the 20th century, English speakers referred to “the Ukraine,” following Soviet practice. That’s not the case now. Ukraine’s official name in English does not include “the,” and for good reason....

March 11, 2022

Ukraine: The World’s Defence Giants are Quietly Making Billions from the War

At first they feared that the conflict would turn out to be just a Russian house of cards and the threat would dissipate....

March 11, 2022

Cradle Thief

The allure of the older man and the trouble that causes...

March 10, 2022

A Wedding Toast

"I am often asked if I know of a good poem to be read at a wedding, and here’s one." - Ted Kooser, former national poet laureate....

March 09, 2022

A Beginner’s Guide to Reading and Enjoying Poetry

Poetry is often taught in very strange ways: you’re given a poem and told that it’s good – and that if you don’t think it’s good then you haven’t understood it, and you should read it again until you have, and then you’ll like it. This is nonsense....

March 08, 2022

Objectively Speaking: Is Russia's Invasion a Just War? You Judge

There are basic agreements about what makes a war morally defensible: a set of ideas known as the “just war tradition.”...

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It’s ‘Ukraine,’ not ‘the Ukraine’ – here’s why

Ukraine: The World’s Defence Giants are Quietly Making Billions from the War

Cradle Thief

A Wedding Toast

A Beginner’s Guide to Reading and Enjoying Poetry

Objectively Speaking: Is Russia's Invasion a Just War? You Judge

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