The historic votes are in. On October 20, 2024 the EU referendum vote in Moldova passed by the exceptionally thin margin of 50.35% to 49.65%. On November 3, 2024, Maia Sandu won reelection to the presidency, defeating Aleksandr Stoianoglo in the runoff by a margin of 55.35% to 44.67%. Both of these are of great …
by Calvin Mouw 
“What makes people rebel against suffering is not really suffering itself but the senselessness of suffering.” Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic “Divisiveness affirms things in people.” Consuela Hendricks, People Matter 1919 Chicago Demographics were changing quickly in Chicago as blacks were streaming in from the South; 50,000 in a period of …
by Calvin Mouw 
Women and families from states with abortion restrictions, including Hadley Duvall, right, speak during the first evening of the Democratic National Convention on Monday in Chicago. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/08/21/abortion-ivf-dnc/ In the past one always got the impression that the Democratic Party’s message on reproductive rights was a bit muted. Now it appears …
by Calvin Mouw 
In 2023, the Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to Claudia Goldin for her research on the gender pay gap. The difference between the average earnings of women and men in the workforce is referred to as “the gender pay gap.”. This is an important and interesting area of research for numerous reasons, and it …
by Calvin Mouw 
Alina Șerban performed “The Best Child in the World,” a one-woman play sponsored by ARCHER at the Romanian Community Center on June 21 in Chicago. Alina is Roma, she grew up poor in Bucharest, she is a woman, and yet, she is a successful actor, writer, and director. People watch her films and come to …
by Calvin Mouw 
When I go to work out (be kind), I walk past a house where an excerpt from this quote below is painted on a chair in the front yard. The quote is from Kurt Vonnegut’s fifth novel, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Eliot Rosewater is talking to his wife Sylvia about how he must baptize …
by Calvin Mouw 
Self examination on the Redline I was waiting at a Redline stop on the north side of Chicago for a train to the Loop. The train arrives, I notice a car with seat openings at one end, I get on and quickly understand why. I see a “homeless person” sleeping across several seats, a common …
by Calvin Mouw 
On November 16, the US Senate invoked cloture opening the way for a vote on the Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA). On November 29, they voted 61-36 to pass the Bill with all Democrats supporting the legislation along with 12 Republicans. The House passed a version this summer and is a bit different, so there …
by Calvin Mouw 
A Fact-Finding Organization Operating in a Narrative World On August 4, 2022, Amnesty International published a report that claimed Ukraine “put civilians in harm’s way by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in populated residential areas, including in schools and hospitals….” It goes on to claim that “Such tactics violate international humanitarian law and endanger …
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