Month: July 2016

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with the painting of the Second Empire Victorian.  I am using the photo seen directly below.  I’ll be using my usual acrylic paints on a 6×6 inch...

I’ve been kind of privately, and ambivalently, hoping for another military Atatürkian coup in Turkey for about half a decade now. It’s too early to say whether I’ve been right to long for such a thing or even...

Tanks seen at Istanbul airport and bridges are closed down. Internet has been cut, or at least social media … more to come. Turkey soldiers launch ‘illegal action’ – PM Yildirim | BBC News |...

In one way, Donald Trump’s selection of Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate is already a partial success. The early media narrative seems to be that Pence is a safe choice or, at a minimum, the least worst...

Every once in a while, things happen in the world that sadden and discourage me to the point that I don’t feel like writing about politics. That’s how I feel today, in the wake of the attack in Nice, France....