Short treatises about different subject-matters.
What an attentive reader of contemporary books, printed periodicals and online media is bound to notice in the course of the years is an as it were familiar set of recurring themes, accompanying an (usually, but not necessarily) unprecedented and dreadful kind of event or a political circumstance.
One of those recurring themes is the outlook on a soon to come collapse of the economic system, financial markets, or … read more
During the apex of the pandemic a few months ago a remote family member passed away quietly in a nursing home where she had been living in her last years. She was well over ninety, and due to the circumstances at that time only a very small … read more
FAITH is the basis of all “miracles” and mysteries that cannot be analyzed by the rules of science
– “Think and grow rich”, chapter 3
It is the 29 April 1429.
English troops have been besieging Orléans, a city situated on the powerful Loire river in north-central France, for over six months.
The French royal army faces once more its main adversary in a gruesome and convoluted conflict … read more