Quote for Today: Simone Weil
What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is much …
Quote for Today: John F. Kennedy
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind… War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation …
Warrior Dance: Maori Haka Peruperu from New Zealand
Modern weaponry has changed what it means to be a warrior. Showy technical skills are little use against bullets and rocket propelled grenades. I think most of us remember this …
Quote for Today: Lori Lifsey
When we feel weak, we drop our heads on the shoulders of others. Don’t get mad when someone does that. Be honored. For that person trusted you enough to, even …
Quote for Today: J.R.R. Tolkien
“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for …
Quote for Today: Pablo Picasso
Whatever the source of emotion that drives me to create, I want to give it a form which has some connection with the visible world, even if it is only …
Illusions of War: The Value of the Ghost Army
Video via ghostarmy23 on YouTube. Their skills were so valuable and so instrumental in bringing down Hitler’s army that their existence was kept secret until 1996, when some of their …
Quote for Today: Henry David Thoreau
One day when I went out to my wood-pile, or rather my pile of stumps, I observed two large ants, the one red, the other much larger, nearly half an …
Quote for Today: Lewis Thomas
Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse …