Thursday, June 26, 2025

Peace vs a presumed truth

 Aeschylus is credited with the saying:

 

“In war, truth is the first casualty.”

 

This is obviously correct, and it is condemnable when lies are used to justify cruel wars and suffering.

 

But let us not forget that peace can also depend on certain versions of the truth. And this is acceptable if the purpose is the higher goal of creating peace and ending suffering.


Thursday, June 12, 2025

Who is Overlord?

 Clearly, Donald Trump’s major competitor for overlordship in the American world is neither Gavin Newsom nor Elon Musk, but Benjamin Netanyahu.