Kure Tomofusa’s hatred of democracy, human rights and liberalism has found an echo in the West. But has he been joking all along?
Lawrence Winkler is a physician, traveler, and natural philosopher. His molecules have morphed from medicine to manuscript. He lives with Robyn on Vancouver Island and in New Zealand, tending their gardens and vineyards, and dreams.
Monday, 24 June 2019
The Ironic Feudalist
Kure Tomofusa’s hatred of democracy, human rights and liberalism has found an echo in the West. But has he been joking all along?
Morsel
Over 100 years ago, the US government commissioned 7,500 watercolor paintings of every kind of fruit in the country.
Sunday, 23 June 2019
Godmother of Intelligences
Mary Shelley foresaw that artificial intelligence would be made monstrous, not by human hubris but by human cruelty.
The Remains Of Stalin’s Dead Road
In Russia’s arctic wilderness, the remnants of one of the Soviet Union’s most tragic gulag projects now lies largely forgotten.
Quote from ‘Westwood Lake Chronicles’
“We can look forward to another two years of metal-on-metal ‘improvements’. As long as we reward the misguided ethos that consumers are more important than citizens, our contempt for responsible stewardship will go on forever. For how could we ever conceive of an alternative to creating yet another place not worth caring about?”
Lawrence Winkler, Westwood Lake Chronicles
Lawrence Winkler, Westwood Lake Chronicles
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