CONTROL.

Control the populous, tell them what to fear and what to chase,Feed them poison dreams and distractions dressed in lace.Control the resource! Earth, water, wind, and flame,Drill the soil, damn the rivers, privatize the claim. Control the hysteria! Keep their pulses high and minds numb,Fabricate a crisis, broadcast the drum.Control the narrative, the whisper, theContinue reading “CONTROL.”

The Unbroken Thread: A Poetic History of the Slavic People

A thread unbroken, stained with red,Of thrones once risen, heroes dead.Where Dnieper winds through ancient land,A kingdom rose by fate’s command. Oleg the bold, with iron hand,Bent chaos to his fierce demand.From pagan dark, a banner high,A fire lit against the sky. Then Vladimir, through trials grim,Embraced the cross and knelt to Him.From Byzantium’s sacredContinue reading “The Unbroken Thread: A Poetic History of the Slavic People”

Essay: The war in Ukraine and the history leading up to it

This essay is purely historical in nature, with no intention of promoting political ideas or pushing an agenda. The war in Ukraine is widely misunderstood, and this is my effort to document and preserve its history before it can be distorted or rewritten. Preface: I am not a historian. What I know of eastern historyContinue reading “Essay: The war in Ukraine and the history leading up to it”