Gulag

“If we stop calling a fool a fool, he won’t stop being a fool.” 

—Sergei Ivanov, Russian Parliament member and fired Putin chief of staff, on new law against online criticism of officials, “Russia passes law to jail people for 15 days for ‘disrespecting’ government,” The Guardian, March 6, 2019. (Thanks to alert WORDster Jane Kirtley)

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• Editorial Comment: A rose is a rose.

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Along the Trinity

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