God sees the truth, but waits – Leo Tolstoy

 In the town of Vladimir lived a young merchant named Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov. He had two shops and a house of his own.Aksionov was a handsome, fair-haired, curly-headed fellow, full of fun, and very fond of singing. When quite a young man he had been given to...

The War Prayer by Mark Twain

The following is both the written text and an animated adaptation of a short story by Mark Twain (see details at the bottom).  It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of...

Clarion Journalist in Thailand: May 20, 2010

I don’t have internet right now, but I’m writing this at 19:11 local time.              Violence erupted in Bangkok today after several days of increasing tension. It seemed like everything would...