Landschlacht, Switzerland, Monday 17 February 2020 There is only one certainty in life: Nothing is certain in life. I have an ever-growing amount of writing projects that I wish to complete, but they are often delayed and sometimes replaced by other priorities that demand my time and attention. One such unfinished self-assigned task is the… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Land of Oblivion
Tag: World War I
Canada Slim and the Magnificent Homeland
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 26 August 2018 There is something about the politics of a number of nations today (the United States, North Korea, the Philippines, Venezuela) that reminds me again and again of the late Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Above: Il Duce Benito Mussolini (1883 – 1945) I have written about Mussolini before – his… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Magnificent Homeland
Canada Slim and the Forces of Darkness
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 10 September 2017 Sometimes you have to borrow from the best, to raise yourself up from the shoulders of the great. Being the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, with much focus paid on this event and Swiss connections to it, I have found too much too interesting to ignore. What follows is a… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Forces of Darkness
Canada Slim and the Zimmerwald Movement
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 7 September 2017 “I have come not to praise Caesar but to bury him.” (William Shakespeare) “One hundred years after the Revolution took Russia by storm, it might be the right time to re-examine why it happened, how it developed and why its lessons can still shape our vision and understanding of the world… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Zimmerwald Movement
Canada Slim and the Great Explorer
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 24 August 2017 Let me begin with an apology or two. Much time has gone by since I started this blog and I feel like a negligent parent towards this activity and the few folks who read this blog. Life has been busy and it has been complicated, but let´s try to recapture the muse… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Great Explorer