Photograph Source: Oilstreet – Own work –When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect impression of a human being at ease: legs splayed, back bent, one hand by her side as she sat waiting for a bank to open.At a quarter past eight on the morning of August 6, 1945, she and her silhouette were burned into the granite.I stared at the shadow for an hour or more, then I walked down to the river where the survivors still lived in shanties.I met a man called Yukio, whose chest was etched with the pattern of the shirt he was wearing when...…Photograph Source: Oilstreet – Own work –When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect impression of a human being at ease: legs splayed, back bent, one hand by her side as she sat waiting for a bank to open.At a quarter past eight on the morning of August 6, 1945, she and her silhouette were burned into the granite.I stared at the shadow for an hour or more, then I walked down to the river where the survivors still lived in shanties.I met a man called Yukio, whose chest was etched with the pattern of the shirt he was wearing when...WW…

February 22, 2020 at 07:02Excellent article. Thank-you.I hope “they” let Julian Assange go. He deserves to be free.I’m sending up a prayer to “My Lord” that it be so.KenFebruary 21, 2020 at 20:27“Why does the U.S. government go to such extraordinary lengths to discredit, punish, and ruin persons such as Daniel Ellsberg, Bradley Manning, Julian Assange…? The government alleges that these persons give aid and comfort to the nation’s enemies and endanger national security. In reality, however, these persons’ only ‘crime’ is to tell the truth to the public about what the U.S. government is...…February 22, 2020 at 07:02Excellent article. Thank-you.I hope “they” let Julian Assange go. He deserves to be free.I’m sending up a prayer to “My Lord” that it be so.KenFebruary 21, 2020 at 20:27“Why does the U.S. government go to such extraordinary lengths to discredit, punish, and ruin persons such as Daniel Ellsberg, Bradley Manning, Julian Assange…? The government alleges that these persons give aid and comfort to the nation’s enemies and endanger national security. In reality, however, these persons’ only ‘crime’ is to tell the truth to the public about what the U.S. government is...WW…