Eleventh Life

The New Sound of the Fourth of July

Late evening, July 4th, 2022:

Thoughts and Prayers — F*** That

I’ve had enough. We’ve had enough. And false civility may be…

The Return of Lend-Lease

As with Hitler, oppose Putin now, or fight him later. We find ourselves at…

The Weight of Stuff

Our life accumulates around us in the growing bulk of things left behind as we…

The Spoils of War

Resurrecting the barbarous tradition of systematic pillage, plunder and rape to…

On the Violent End of Endless Time

War strips away not just life, but also death; the other death…

Putin and the Death of Svitlana Zhulina

I read about the death of Svitlana Zhulina on the same day…

Russian Trolls in the Light of Day

Virtual soldiers in our feeds — in our homes — accompaining the…

Transparency Landmines

Ukrainians need weapons and partnership in their fight, but, perhaps, they also…