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December 3, 2016 by Linda Gasparello Leave a Comment

Iran War May Speed Nuclear Proliferation Elsewhere

The story goes that a weakling gets sand kicked in his face on the beach. He then joins a gym, pumps iron and returns to the beach, where all he has to do is flex his new muscles, and he is left alone. That, it would seem, is one lesson of nuclear weapons. Small countries […]

Loving Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day — for Its Contradictions

Llewellyn King

I won’t let St. Patrick’s Day pass without wearing something green and reaching for a glass of something that has been produced through fermentation or distillation. It is the least I can do for all the ways the Irish have enriched the world, but especially the English language, and me. When it comes to writing, […]

How Loneliness Became a Pandemic and What You Can Do

Llewellyn King

You don’t have to be sitting by yourself on an island to be lonely. Loneliness is everywhere. Studies from universities, governments and public health groups find that the world is in the grip of a loneliness pandemic. More than half the U.S. population is said to be suffering from loneliness. It is classified globally as […]

Inside the Civil War: New Letter Trove Takes You Among Soldiers, Widows, and the Enslaved

Llewellyn King

J. Mark Powell’s new book, “Witness to War,” tells the story of the Civil War objectively through the letters of everyday people who endured it. WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, February 24, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — J. Mark Powell, a journalist with the InsideSources syndicate, became fascinated with the Civil War when he was just 9 years […]

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