Surviving a Political Dark Age

Image by Oleksandra Petrova. The news of Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest surprised me. It’s not that I doubted the former leader of the Philippines was guilty of the horrific crimes detailed in his International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. Duterte himself boasted quite openly of the mass killings he’s been accused of. But I always thought that the prospects…

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Ishiba pledges to win trust after scandal, ensures inflation relief

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged Tuesday to win back public trust in his ruling party, already weakened and further damaged by his own voucher-giving scandal, while vowing to implement inflation-relief measures “seamlessly” as the House of Councillors election looms this summer. During a press conference a day after parliament enacted a 115.20 trillion yen…

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Federal judge dismisses defrocked Belya’s defamation case against ROCOR, citing 1st Amendment

New York, April 1, 2025 Though defrocked by ROCOR, Belya still acts as a priest within GOARCH’s Slavic Vicariate. Photo: Slavonic.org      U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian has dismissed a lawsuit brought by defrocked archimandrite Alexander Belya against senior clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. The case, which dates back to 2019,…

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