Nineteen forty-four was a horrible year in many parts of the world: the bombing of London by the Luftwaffe, the invasion of Hungary by the Germans, atrocities by the Nazis in...
In memoriam of those who fell from the skies at Lago Maggiore in May 2021 Budapest, August 1944 Achtung, Achtung, Lichtspiele: Bácska, Baja, Földvár, Budapest Krokodil...
April is a maddening month every year: not spring, not winter and certainly not summer. And this year we also had to endure COVID. And the Chauvin trial and the difficulties with...
Oprah Winfrey’s interview of Meghan and Harry has reignited the discussion in Canada about whether the country should change from having a monarch as Head of State or not. To...
Shame on the forty-three GOP Senators who, in spite of overwhelming proof to the contrary, declared former President Trump not guilty of attempting to stop the peaceful...
One of the great disadvantages to a long life is the uncomfortable fact that one has to witness many shocking happenings at first hand without being able to influence their...
When I reviewed the year 2020 recently in an objective state of mind I was surprised by how many positive things have happened to me because of the pandemic. I have become more...
The Soviet Army has encircled Hungary’s capital city, and its generals are impatient: Comrade Stalin has ordered them to crush Budapest’s defenses without delay because he...
A couple of millennia ago they called themselves “Apostles” and there were twelve of them, supposedly all friends. Then, one night one of them betrayed their leader by kissing...
There were three of us in the Twilight Zone: Kurt from Chile, Manfred from Germany and me, the Canadian Hungarian. The year was 1956, the time of year late Spring and the...
