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A blush of blue surprises night.
A hint of light foretells the day.
Defeated, darkness will retreat
Before the yellow, red-orange rays.
The sun will show her brilliance soon,
To warm or blind us as we may.
The sun will shine on each of us –
On blest and damned, on hunters, prey.
The sun will see a wondrous world
Of greens and browns, of trees and sod;
Where people struggle, toiling long
To build upon the grace of God.
Where people shape mere rocks to spires –
From mind to plan, from eye to hand.
Where people plow the fields to fruit,
Where people love this lovely land.
But if the sun remembers much,
She’ll look back through our centuries.
She’ll see how well we ruin ourselves.
She’ll count our wealth of misery.
She’ll see the millions murdered, dead
Beneath this land we love so well.
She’ll see that we who could build peace
Had often built an earthly hell.
No, paradise will not be here,
But peace can still be shaped by hand.
For life on earth’s the gift of God,
And peace on earth’s the gift of man.
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April 30th is an important date in American politics. This is the day 100 for the American President in the White House, and all attention will be on the reports of his achievements and failures. But nothing can be more critical than Peace…
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Russia’s invasion has made ordinarily outspoken critics of antisemitism wary of criticizing Ukrainian Nazi collaborators
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Richard Sakwa has for many years been one of the most distinguished and insightful observers of relations between the West and Russia, and one of the leading critics of Western policy. In this talk with Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia program at the Quincy Institute, Sakwa discusses his book, The Culture of the Second Cold War (Anthem 2025). The book examines the cultural-political trends and inheritances that underlie the new version of a struggle that we thought we had put behind us in 1989. Sakwa describes both the continuities from the first Cold War and the ways in which new technologies have reshaped strategies and attitudes.
