What is lost

The NY Times released today a report on the damage being done to the nation of Ukraine by the armed conflict. The work was done in cooperation with two leading remote sensing scientists to analyze data from space-based satellites that can detect small changes in the built environment. There are towns, such as Marinka in Eastern Ukraine, where the devastation is as severe, if not more so, than the damage done to Hiroshima by the atomic bombing of that city during World War II. Continue reading

Holy Rus

Our world has a long history of secular power attempting to co-op religion, religion seeking to become the central secular authority, and most permutations and combinations in between. It rarely goes well in the long run. But in the short run it can be a rallying cry for whatever cause needs such support. Such is the promotion of “Holy Rus.” Continue reading