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Ukraine unnecessarily inflaming an E.U. state; the E.U.'s parliament passing a resolution against Zelenskyy. Hello??? There is an invasion going on-- a fire to be extinguished. Priorities? Which is more important: the past or the present? A European sensitivity: https://thewordenreportinternationalrelations.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-ukrainian-insurgent-army-upa-europe.html

Ukraine's Zelensky would like NATO to accept his country, but fear of just such a thing motivated Putin to invade. Has Zelensky thought out what Putin might do were Ukraine part of the international Western military alliance? https://thewordenreportinternationalrelations.blogspot.com/2026/07/ukraine-beseeches-nato-alliance.html

The film, "Civil War" (2024), only hints at perhaps being about Trump's MAGA movement. Really the film is about the savagery of human nature in the state of nature, which lies latent when restrained by a patina of civilization. https://thewordenreport-film.blogspot.com/2026/07/civil-war.html

The film, "Eichmann" (2007) is based on Avner Less's interviews of the Nazi war criminal in Israel before the trial and hanging. The film masterfully pivots at the basis for the conviction: The Hungarian death march of 1944. https://thewordenreport-film.blogspot.com/2026/07/eichmann.html

July 4, 1776: The Declaration of Independence was officially signed. Thirteen British colonies declared their own political sovereignties in one document yet without yet forming even a confederation, let alone one country. Only historical revisionism says otherwise. https://thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-declaration-of-independence-at-250.html

The intensity of the ideological intolerance and enforcement-vitriol in San Francisco's film festival in June, 2026 was sadly a reflection of, and even fueled by dysfunctional elements in the local culture. On the impact of an organization's environment: https://thewordenreport-mycorner.blogspot.com/2026/07/san-franciscos-frameline-film-festival.html

In European history, crucial clauses in treaties were often hidden deep in appendixes. Similarly, a NEW revelation concerning a famous sub-culture in San Francisco is actually found in a lengthy footnote: https://thewordenreport-businessandsociety.blogspot.com/2026/06/transgendered-male-athletes-in-women.html

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld laws by member-states forbidding transgender (male) athletes in women's sports. The majority essentially held that mental states do not trump genetics. Overreaching ideology as the culprit? But whose? https://thewordenreport-businessandsociety.blogspot.com/2026/06/transgendered-male-athletes-in-women.html

The E.U.'s response to Venezuela's earthquakes illustrates a state-federal response that is in line with, and can even strengthen, the E.U.'s federal system. The U.S. could take a lesson! https://thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2026/06/eu-emergency-assistance-to-venezuela.html

The E.U. is considering sanctions against the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (Kirill) for having overreached from the religious domain, beyond his distinctively theological ken, onto the political domain to justify Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. The overreaching itself is unethical. https://thewordenreport-religion.blogspot.com/2026/06/russian-patriarch-kirill-case-of.html

El Nino is a distraction as the E.U. swelters this summer. Global warming cannot denied. Nietzsche to the rescue: https://thewordenreport-businessandsociety.blogspot.com/2026/06/el-nino-as-distraction-as-eu-swelters.html

The film, Strange River, has Henry David Thoreau and the Romantic painter, Joseph Turner, implied throughout as a family is ensconced in nature while biking along the Danube river. 19th century Romanticism in a fictional film: https://thewordenreport-film.blogspot.com/2026/06/strange-river.html

Socio-economic class and patriotic duty are salient in the film, Enzo, whereas the teenage boy’s crush on a man from Ukraine working in construction in the E.U. is not as important. Film as a medium doing heavy-lifting in philosophy: https://thewordenreport-film.blogspot.com/2026/06/enzo.html

Interesting that CNN in its post-mortem omits mention entirely of British PM Starmer's full-throated defense of Israel in its genocide in occupied Gaza and his attacks on British citizens protesting for the human rights of other people. The omission is no accident, given U.S. foreign policy favorable to Israel. https://thewordenreportinternationalrelations.blogspot.com/2026/06/starmer-resigns-as-british-prime.html