We all know that you’re frustrated and even shocked by what your “President” is doing, but it’s time to call a spade a spade and face reality. Trump is NOT a president, he is an autocrat, truly bordering on a dictator if not already so. He has violated every law. He has started wars without Congressional approval, he has attacked nations without provocation, he is sending YOUR sons and daughters off to war to die for HIM . You are treating him as if the circumstances fall wit

Until our systems of governance give the people, the electorate, the power to remove sociopathic leaders from power, those leaders, by their very nature, will continue to escalate the nuclear arsenals and use them as a threat and a means of keeping other nations and the world, hostage. We must amend our democratic systems in such a way that without compromising the system of democracy, criminals and sociopaths are prevented from escalating to the top where they can hijack the

China has made unbelievable advances since they adopted a new platform in the 1980s, from a strict Maoist Communist platform, to one which integrated open trade agreements - generally referred to as Party-State-Capitalism . It is important, however, to keep in mind that while China has made incredible advances economically, and astounding progress in morphing their nation in the last several decades, those advances have NOT been in the realm of human and civil rights. On the

There are a lot of reasons in our contemporary times to be dismayed by what is happening; the dictators, the wars, the utter brutal disregard for lives as we see happening in Ukraine at the hands of Russia, the mass killing of Palestinians by a dictatorial Israeli regime, or even in the United States, a nation that once carried the torch of freedom and democracy, where one man and his decrepit party are threatening democracy and unilateral collaboration across the world - but

History is testimony to the fact that the wrong people, in positions of political power, cause havoc. We are seeing the repeating cycle today with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu and others, a handful of men actively working to destroy the work that decades of good leaders put in place to move the world closer to global unification. If we accept that this cycle of dictatorial leaders is “just the way it is”, then of course that complacency and apathy will mak

Although my voice will probably only be heard by a handful of people, nonetheless, it needs to be said on behalf of the voices that really count - the American people who did not choose to have their nation taken over by a dictatorial and fascist oligarchy. Sadly, the American perspective is heavily inculcated with the fantasy that the “American dream” is still alive, and it is not - that is pure radical nostalgism at this point. When I moved to the United States from Canada,

Photo from www.thethinkacademy.com The following article was posted at  International Writers Inspiring Change , which is excerpted from  www.thethinkacademy.com  (including the above image) - an excellent article about  Literacy and Democracy  and what we as authors face as a challenge to restore deep-reading (of books) in order to protect critical-thinking and freedom of thought. Read the article  HERE . Réal Laplaine Author of high-concept thrillers www.reallaplaine.com

Why is Israel destroying the Gaza? We all know that the apparent “reason” for Israel’s brutal and inhumane pogrom designed to wipe the Palestinian people off the map is to destroy Hamas, which of course is false, because there was never any need to kill countless innocent civilians nor to destroy entire cities if the real objective was to isolate and take out Hamas - so of course that is not the real reason. Despite the fact that there exists a deep disregard and hatred towar

Written when ABBA, the Swedish pop-group that swept across the world in the 70s and 80s with their memorable songs, Finding Agnetha is an inspired story about a young boy who loved the group and wanted to see them play live again, despite the fact that everyone, the band included, said it would never happen. He sets out on a mission, running away from his troubled home in America, makes it to Sweden and searches out Agnetha Faltskog, the iconic blonde singer from the group.

Curate means: to select things such as documents, music, products, or internet content to be included as part of a list or collection, or on a website (Cambridge Dictionary) The most difficult thing to see is something that is not there, obviously, like in a crime scene, when vital clues are missing. Freedom of speech and representation are being systematically curated as we speak and you might not be aware of it because what is missing is not seen. As an author I use several

The definition of concede is to relinquish grudgingly or hesitantly as in conceding power (Merriam-Webster dictionary) Before Britain and France declared war on Germany (3 September 1939), Hitler had already taken over Austria (1938), Czechoslovakia (1938–1939), the Memel territory from Lithuania (March 1939), and finally invaded Poland on 1 September 1939. It was the invasion of Poland that triggered Britain and France to declare war two days later. For over a year, the worl

This is just for fun, so just enjoy reading my rant and don’t take it seriously. The Norwegian film series, Troll 1 and Troll II, which depicts the mythological creature of Scandinavian lore, awakening from its hibernation deep underground and the excitement that ensues, sparked another idea - and as with all writers I take license with that magical force called imagination to weave another plot, possibly for Troll 3. Imagine this version. The heroine of the film, a Norwegian

The following definitions are borrowed from the  Merriam-Webster dictionary: Autocracy:  a state or society governed by one person with absolute power: Oligarchy:  a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes “a choice between democracy and oligarchy … the Greeks knew that social inequality was the route through which democracy turns to oligarchy. … Oligarchy is the rule of the few, and these few have been understood since

The following excerpt is from an article published 14 Oct 2025 in Swedish newspaper EXPRESSEN - a nationwide newspaper. The article quotes a representative from Gothenburg’s University. The link to the full article is provided below. Use translator to translate it from Swedish to English. ***** “The United States is no longer a democracy.” This is what researchers have established – six months before the world’s largest democracy survey is published. “Right now, the United S

The illegal invasion and destruction of Gaza, now “ended” - could be compared to a serial killer going into a camp and systematically murdering hundreds of men, women and children, and then declaring that they are stopping their campaign of atrocities to make peace with everyone. The Gaza has been decimated. It is just rubble now, and Netanyahu intended that result before finally agreeing to a ceasefire and “peace” terms - because he knew, as did Donald Trump and every other

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