Rene Riffaud, one of last French WWI veterans (Pioneer Press)
One of France's last World War I veterans, Rene Riffaud, has died at 108, leaving just three known French survivors of the 1914-18 conflict, the National Veterans Office said Tuesday....more...DVD Review: Blood and Oil - The Middle East in World War I (Blogcritics.org)
Why, some may ask, would a documentary film on the military campaigns in the Middle East during World War I open with scenes from the American invasion of Iraq in 2003? As the documentary, Blood and Oil ? The Middle East in Word War I demonstrates, it is something called historical perspective. A similar invasion "has happened before" and is part of what contributed to the Middle East we ......more... Young Scots are strongest supporters of the Union (The Scotsman)
YOUNG Scots are the most enthusiastic supporters of the Union in the country, according to a new opinion poll for The Scotsman published today on the 300th anniversary of the act's approval by the Scottish Parliament....more... Red, white... and blue (The Scotsman)
THE fact that in 2007 a union of two historic nations has survived as long as it has is remarkable, even if, in the year of its 300th anniversary, the Union has more critics in Scotland than at any time since the 18th century, and the Anglo-Scottish......more... Welcome to England: a land where Union means rugby, strikes and marriage (Scotland on Sunday)
The Act of Union's 300th anniversary will be celebrated in Scotland as befits a landmark event in UK history, but, south of the Border, a nation looks on bewildered...more... The Nationalities Question (Ludwig von Mises Institute)
Upon the collapse of centralizing totalitarian Communism in Eastern Europe and even the Soviet Union, long suppressed ethnic and nationality questions and conflicts have come rapidly to the fore....more... |