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Walesa is no news in the news

Walesa is no news in the news

February 24, 2016 at 6:42 pm 0 comments

Our papers’ unquenchable thirst for regurgitating yesterday’s news is nothing short of amazing. That Lech Walesa was in cahoots with Służba Bezpieczeństwa, the Polish secret police, has been mooted since 1989, when he was universally hailed as the heroic liberator of Poland. His codename in the Służba, Bolek, was alsoRead More

Catholic Pope and KGB Patriarch get together

Catholic Pope and KGB Patriarch get together

February 16, 2016 at 2:51 pm 0 comments

‘Look who’s talking’ is a colloquial way of saying that even an unimpeachable idea may be compromised by the speaker’s personality. For example, few would argue against the notion of the sanctity of human life – but even fewer would like to hear this argument put forth by a serialRead More