Subject areas in Vagabond: Social, History, Politics,
Culture - Art, Philosophy
I've done my best to choose categories for articles in Vagabond, but
some of the topics do 'cross over.' WM
(Each issue from 1 to 29 features an illustrated excerpt from
"Extracts of Existence" by William Markiewicz)
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SOCIAL
- The
Devil is Stupid
- The
Alchemy of Voting
- The
Pity and the Horror
- "The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth" -- or about Small Business and Cooperatives
- Freedom
-- Not Lobotomy
- Abortion
and Biology (illus.)
- The
Voice of a Pessimist (illus.)
- About
Plots
- Tidbits
-- Odds and Ends from Here and There
- Evolution:
Groups or Individuals?
- Create
to Order -- Yes, By Prescription -- No
- A
Solution?
- Who
Is Really Dumbing Us Down?
- Peoples
are not Communities!
- Are
Human Rights Trials Propaganda Trials?
- Who
Will Protect Us From the Experts?
- Philosophy
of the Media
- Au
Pair
- Cruelty
and the Curse of Mass Production
- June
Tidbits (Military Neo-Puritanism, Domestic Violence, "Body
Energy"
- Women's
Ordination -- and the Rest
- October's
Glance (Obsolete Protection, IQ and Leadership)
- Earth
Slides for Central Americans
- Nationalism
is not Imperialism, Patriotism is not
Chauvinism
- Who is Attacked?
- Do Humans Change?
- Another 'Pity and Horror'
- Millennium
- Partialities
- Break in the Food Chain
- Rules vs Feelings
- Panhandling as a Career Choice
- Don't Be Afraid of a Gay Big Brother
- Buchanan's "The Death of the West"
- "The Jews, the World and Money" by Jacques Attali
- "Cast a Cold Eye ..."
- What a Show Trial Teaches the Public -- Goebbels vs Truman Capote
- Media Participated in Joy
- The Joys of Communism
- Hell in Shelters
- There Are Very Few Natural Democrats
- The Way to Health
- How to Encourage Art
- Shearing of the Sheep
- Boredom + Power Fuels Stupidity + Sadism
- "Whipping Boys" for the World's Miseries: Jews, Muslims, Masons, Bankers
- Oligarchy, etc.
- How to Prevent the Looming Ethnic Conflicts?
- Must Societies Remain Defenceless Facing Their Leaders?
- Justice / Injustice
- Dark Side? Yes, But Not of Multiculturalism
- Humanity -- Two-Legged Species Standing on One Leg at a Time
- The Strange Human Power
- Arguing with Dr. Phil
- Children's Rights
- Poor Calcutta and Mother Teresa
- To Visitors
- How Important is the Subconscious?
- Three Anecdotes
- And If Existence Were, In Itself, Simple?
- Impressions of Melbourne
- Priests' Abstinence
- Damage Control? It's Not Enough
- Archaic Notions Clashing with Contemporary Dramas
- A Matter of Allegiance
- How to Defend Ourselves from Acts of God
- Parents and Children
- Down the Ladder (Humorous Survey)
- Did She Kill Her Daughter?
- When You Get What You Want, You Must Be Ready to Pay the Price
- "Let's Talk"
- When the Naming Overpowers the Meaning
- Garden of Human Conditions - Emotions versus Duty
- "Thank You God!..."
- Nostalgia
- Following Sherlock Holmes's Device, "From the thread to the spool":
If Chaos is too complex to understand, start at Point One
- Why?
- Full Rights Regarding Ourselves
- "Fewer Museums and More Concentration Camps?"
HISTORY
- Cinderella
Nations
- How Many Jews Did Hitler Kill
- The
Indos' Enigma
-
Jews
in Hitler's Army
- Bread and Circuses
- "Only Jews and Gypsies?"
- Can Democracy Survive?
- Long History
- "The Invention of the Jewish People" by Shlomo Sand
POLITICS
- Are
the Serbs Doomed to Extinction?
- Chinese--Muslim
Alliance?
- Perfect
Federalism -- Including Quebec?
- How
Much of Canada to Quebec?
- "I
Accuse" (Emile Zola) or: An Imaginary Speech
- Territories
for Life
- What
Queen Victoria Said
- Anatomy
of Punishment
- A
Propos Russian Elections
- Netanyahu,
Modern Bar-Kochba?
- Is
Barzani Stupid?
- United
Bosnia
- Task
Force -- International or Continental?
- City
Versus Country in Serbia
- A
Glance (Albania, Iraq)
- May's
Glance (Lima, Mega)
- October's
Glance (Paparazzi, Damocles' Sword, Likud and
Hamas)
- What
are the Swiss Afraid Of?
- February
Tidbits (Pope in Cuba, Affair Clinton, Netanyahu in U.s., Serbian
'Adolf')
- The
'Whipping Boy' of Iraq
- "Golem"
(Serbs and Jews)
- Return
to Muscle Politics
- September's Glance (Canadian Court's Decision, Clinton's Choice, U.S. Bombing
- October's
Glance (Bosnian Serbs Warned)
- The
US Brand Ayatollahs' Offensive on Clinton
- Can
the Weak Nations Survive within the NWO?
- January's
'Bouquet' (Back to time of Caesars, Clinton & privacy, Russian oligarchy)
- End
of Dirty Deals and Bloodthirsty Threats?
- This
and That (A Lighter Tune, Sex with Children,
Abdic)
- Thinking
Regionally
- Bombing
for the Albanians' Sake?
- "Whose
Axe am I Grinding?"
- June's
Glance (Israel, Harris, Nato's Agendas)
- How
NATO Got Its Way
- The
Second Long Night
- Gorbachev
- In
the Footsteps of Nostradamus
- Shaping Past
History
- Shaping Recent
History
- Paper Tiger or "Unrestricted War"
- The King is Dead --Long Live the King!
Death to History -- Long
Live Propaganda!
- Global Banana Republic
- Freedom or Selective Freedom? Allies or Selective Allies?
- Catalan And Basque
- Global Strategy vs Global Village
- Elian Kidnapped
- Elian in Florida
- Chechnya
- Disinformation as a War Crime
- Failure of the Israeli-Syrian Talks in Geneva
- Failure at Camp David
- NWO of the Apocalypse
- Election in Yugoslavia
- Faces of Politics
- Europe's Right Steps
- Who Will Last Longer?
- Barak Resigned
- Barak Resigned (continuation)
- "Democratic" Triumph in Yugoslav Elections
- On the Balkan Elections
- Elections? OK
- Something Has to Change
- New Millenium, Old Story
- Chicago Serbs Celebrate Victory of Democracy
- Sharon's Farce
- New Bombing of Iraq
- Tough Cookies -- Albanians
Expand
- What if Yugoslavia had Remained Neutral in WWII?
- Milosevic Arrested
- Toward the Next (World) War?
- Bellum Judaicum (Joseph Flavius) -- the Jewish War
- Cheney-Bush Tandem
- Jaruzelski and Konrad Wallenrod
- Israel Forgets
- Carnage on Tel Aviv Beach -- the Most Terrifying Weapon
- McVeigh -- Not an Ordinary Mass Murderer(?)
- Compromise Not Always Possible
- Insult to Injury -- Yugoslavia Sells Herself
- The Economist and the Bull
- New 'Holy Alliance'?
- Misery... Misery...
- "Where Is My Loot?"
- Albanian Power
- Genoa As One More Link in the Revolutionary Chain
- Freedom Not for Everybody
- Verdict on Srebrenica
- Blood in Jerusalem
- Who Wins a War of Attrition?
- About "Meddling and Posturing"
- From War Between Kamikaze and Settlers to Durban Resolution
- Fire Ants Attack Elephant
- September's Glance (Intelligent Machines, Counterterrorism, Preventive Wars)
- Crime and Punishment Forever
- About "Drinking the Sea -- Of Terror"
- Operation Noble Eagle
- War in Afghanistan and Russia
- "Open Sesame" - with Bombs
- "There was blood ... they wiped it ... it dried up ..."
- "Who Are Our Friends?"
- Bush and Sharon Understood Nothing
- Peace is Dead -- Long Live War
(World on the Verge of Castaneda's "Last Warrior Dance"?)
- One More Crusade
- Test of Power and of Indifference
- Burning Brand on Central Asia
- New Rome vs New Carthage
- Toward One More War (India-Pakistan)?
- Colonialist Lingo
- "Popeye" -- Noriega -- Dimitrov
- Open Bouquet (No War but War, Escape Forward, Bush & POWs)
- Imaginary Farewell Speech by Yasser Arafat
- Coup Against Freedom Through Legalized Lies
- Open Bouquet (March-April)
- People Die Because of Hard to Die Illusions
- Evil Axis Branches Out
- Fighting Terror With Bombs Is Like Fighting Bacteria With a Hammer
- Two Inept Leaders: Sharon and Mugabe
- Israel, the Last Kamikaze in the Line?
- Peace -- With Whom?
- Arafat -- Bush and Sharon's "Jew"
- Behind the Settlers - Kamikaze War
- Japan Seizes the Ball
- Russia to Nato!
- Could the EU Survive Le Pen's Victory?
- The Terrifying Power of Collateral Damage
- Children in War (illus.)
- Recent Kamikaze Bombing in Rishon Lezion
- Remember Racak?
- Simple Pretexts and Complex Weapons
- India and Pakistan Are On Their Own
- Paradise on Earth Carved with an Axe
- Quantum Politics
- Outrageous Washington Post
- Finish the Job?
- Never Ending Curse for Pashtuns?
- Open Bouquet (July-August)
- Saddam Hussein Hasn't Learned His Lesson
- What a Show Trial Teaches the Public
- The Danger of Politicizing Crime
- "Jihad, Jihad, Jihad"
- Open Bouquet (September-October)
- Feathers Control the Universe
- Voice from the Desert
- From Emperor's New Clothes to Butterfly Effect
- Toward the Fourth Reich
- What Chretien Didn't Say
- Changing Winds Propel Tall Ships
- Wiesel
- The Twisted Ways of Democracy
- In Chechnya, As Elsewhere, Notion Of "Global Terrorism" Covers Need For Local Solutions
- War Against International Terrorism Equals Western Jihad
- Bitterness of Forced Unions
- Gorbachev Broke the Spell of Equal Power
- Whose Head First?
- "Where From -- Such a Load of Stupidity All at Once?"
- Big Satan Tolerates Small Satan
- Have Something to Show--or Die
- Canada Doesn't Need the UN
- Blow to Islam
- A Propos Powell's Speech
- Political - Historical - Philosophical "Bouillabaisse"
- The Last Recourse
- Who Wants Iraq for Free?
- American Foreign Legion
- A War for Oil? Yes This Time
- The European Union is Still Fragile
- Better Isolationism Than Imperialism
- Iraq Is Not the Issue
- NWO Justice: Bow to the Powerful, Crush the Weak
- We Enter the Millenium with Wargames
- Victorious Return to Barbarism
- Olympus versus Buffoons
- Middle East -- My Response to Paul Bruce
- Is It Canada's Duty to Support the U.S. Invasion of Iraq?
- Europe -- Save Israel from Itself!
- Maybe Not All Quislings Are Traitors
- "The Greatest Mistake"
- Fast Resurrection
- Inelegant Democracy
- Welcome to the True Kingdom of Terror
- Why Would Sharon Never Consider Negotiating with Hamas?
- "Terraforming" 2
- How to Protect Your Brain from the Brainwashing Virus
- Serbs -- Don't Go To Nato or, "Don't Go with a Healthy Head to a Sick Bed" (Jewish Proverb)
- Death of a Nation (Before Even Starting to be One)
- Pashtunistan and the Region
- "Stop the Violence"
- The Snake Starts to Digest
- "World Terrorism" as One More "Snark"
- Anti Jewish Statement in Malaysia
- Requiem for the Serbs
- France Chooses the Aryan Way -- or "Ca va barder"
- Is Georgia for Sale?
- Hail the New Ice Age!
- Tactics as a Bone of Contention
- What do Slobodan and Saddam Have in Common?
- Nationalists Win in Serbia
- Security, Security -- The Religion of Security
- Burning Strata -- Iraq and Elsewhere
- After the Last Israeli Action in Gaza
- "Our Western Values"
- Terrorism as One More Pollution
- From Accusations to Apologies
- Savonarola-Ignatieff, You Are Wrong!
- 'After the Horns, the Whips'
- Murderous Healings
- Kneaded Reportage
- Target -- the World
- Chechen Quagmire
- An Antipathic Specimen on Bush's Side
- What Values?
- A Rational Proposal
- Smart Sharon, After the Damage
- Re: "The Empire Has No Clothes"
- Ukraine: A Link In The Chain Toward Ultimate Confrontation
- The Past that Sucks Our Future
- European Union? Very Important But Watch the Road
- Missile Defence System
- First You give Us Peace, Then We'll Give You Negotiations"
- How to Bury Democracy Democratically
- Poker Players Challenge the Empire
- Bush Went to Canossa?
- War -- Instead of War Against Terrorism
- Quantity is not Quality
- The Catholic Church on the Turbulent Waves of History
- We Don't Change Reality by Changing Names
- France's "No" to EU
- Massacre in London
- Reviving Lysistrata
- Motormouth on John Simpson Talk Show
- Is Another Hiroshima Possible?
- Don't Despise Predictions
- Iraq to be Consumed in Pieces
- For Which Humans, Human Rights?
- "Justice on the March" ...
- The World in the Grip of Resurrected "Savage Capitalism"
- The Logic of Imperial Policy
- The Biggest Problem in Nuclear Times
- From Weak to Pariah
- Through Many Myths, the World is Born and Through One Myth, the World May Stumble
- From Self Delusion toward Self Destruction?
- Iran, Iran, Iran . . .
- Paradox
- China Steps into Africa
- "When the Lie is Repeated, It Becomes the Truth"
- Towards a ‘Homeopathic” Attitude in Assessing Situations
- Cul de Sac
- Imposing Democracy
- "Less Culture and More Conquered Enemy Banners ..."
- The Power of Numbers
- This War Must Stop!
- israel's Fight for Survival Starts Now
- Reasons for War and Peace
- The Pope's Surprising Statement
- "Que la fete continue"
- Jeremiad
- Recent Gaza Events
- History Continues
- Why Are Our Conclusions Limited?
- The Future of Kosovo
- Misinformed and Misguided
- "My Intentions Were Good"
- "A Weak Leader"
- Life Supporting Vessel -- Earth -- Now Requires Life Support from Its Inhabitants
- Conflict with Aboriginals in Canada, Terror Alert in England
- Hitler Stopped Believing Goering
- Far Away Wars Benefit the Status Quo
- Painful Mistake
- Ahmadinejad at Columbia University
- Survey or Brainwashing?
- Dangerous Game with the Devil
- A propos Peace Conference in Annapolis
- Pondering in the Cave
- Unpaid Debt to the Planet
- Defeats Camouflaged as Victories
- Pakistan Takes Power in Its Hand
- A Propos the Manley Panel
- The Serbs Have Voted -- or the Impossible War for Kosovo
- The Dream of Unity
- Assessment of Candidates
- Kosovo Should Be Partitioned
- Peace Between Israelis and Palestinians?
- Not Only to the Serbs but to All the Defeated
- War as Ultimate Reality
- "Today Serbia, Tomorrow the World"
- Gendarme Politics
- Serbia Lured to Luxembourg
- For Those Who Miss the Point
- Viva United Ossetia
- Galloping to the Past
- Science Fiction as Exaggerated Truth
- Ossetia, Abkhazia, Afghanistan
- Why Does Nobody Talk About the Ossetians and the Abkhazians?
- It Costs -- It Brings Nothing
- What Was Dion's Mistake?
- Deal First with the Things We Understand
- Suite of Events
- Can Obama Build Peace Between Israel and the Palestinians?
- The Israel-Gaza Dilemma
- Why is the West Bank Different?
- Nothing New Under the Sun
- The Scourge of Foreign Policy
- Ten Years Since the Bombing of Yugoslavia
- President Obama Follows The Wrong Path Of His Predecessors And Risks Hitting The Ground With His Nose
- Those With Limitless Power Who Constantly Worry About Their Security
- Everything for Fun!
- At the Start of the New Issue
- Frozen Situation with Iran
- Is Probe of CIA Justifiable? And How About the Release of al-Megrahi to Libya?
- Negotiations First
- "Isratine"
- "Nobody Likes Us? Who Cares?"
- Road for Afghan Women out of Their Hell?
- Simple Logic
- From Politics to the Meaning of Life
- History Has Its Deadlines
- Is There Any Solution That Isn't Science Fiction?
- Is a Rift Between U.S. and Israel Possible?
- Daring Karzai
- Baghdad and Bangkok
- Obama's Dilemma
- Afghanistan?
- Whose is Kosovo?
- A Propos "All European Life Died in Auschwitz"
- Merciful Release on Trial
- It's Never Repeated Too Often
- Ideological Disaster
- Trends in History, like Fashion, Change
- Why Write About That?
- Interior Picture Modifies Exterior Reality
- Why Not Serbia?
- Jews -- What is the Topic?
- On the Other Hand ...
- Traditions Blown Away
- Israeli 'Taliban' Killed Not Only Rabin
- Wikileaks
- Will There Ever Be a Solution?
- Heroism in Libya
- Drastic Changes in Libya?
- Obama's Dilemma
- "For Whom Do We Need Who..."
- Why Should the U.S. Lead?
- To Avoid the "War Of The Worlds"
- Stalemate
- Not "What" but "How"
- More About Some "Anti"
- Bigger Picture through Democracy
- In Light of Upcoming U.S. Elections
- Simplistic Logic
- Of Gods and Races
- Reward or Punishment
- Threats and Remedies
- September 11 -- Later
- "Growth?"
- Imaginary Dialogue with a New "Conservative."
- How to Protect Yourself from Protectors?
- Epoch of Sects
- Sometimes I wonder
- "Electoral Earthquake" in the USA
- Who Claims the Right – and for What?
- Austerity? Market Economy? Or a Third solution?
- Allies May Be as Dangerous as Foes!
- Obama's "Polish Camps"
- What About the Chaotic Arab Spring?
- “Humanist Sense of Life's End”
- Israel: Small Ship of Tsunami Ocean
- Why is Negotiation the Best Solution?
- Gratuitious Gesture
- Why Does Mitt Romney Say Russia is the Greatest Enemy?
- A propos The Recent Debate
- “Mene Tekel Fares”
- Don't Count on Allies' Power nor on Enemies’ Weakness. Count on Yourself
- Answer to Romney
- Obama's Victory
- Invasion or Peace?
- When Mentality Changes Reality
- Morale: Don't sniff for hidden intentions
- For Netanyahu, Settlements -- Not Peace -- Ensure Security
In the Eyes of the World, Perspective of Independent Palestine Fades
- Iraq, Afghanistan, Mali...
- Current Elements of Danger for the World
- "Does God have a God?"
- War Without End
- About Survival
- Assad?
- Life and Death under the Second Amendment
- More about the the Second Amendment
- "You can't kill me ..."
- Antisemitic Rally in Hungary
- Politics from Theory to Reality
CULTURE
- Quirks
(illus.)
- Moment
of Light (illus.)
- Spark
from Madrid (illus.)
- Living
Internet
- Written
Portraits
- Written
Sketches
- June's
Written Portraits
- November's
Written Portraits
- Extracts of Existence
- The
Meaning of the Game
- Tidbits 00 (Karma of Lesser Gods, Walkerton, Authenticity)
- The Communication Trap
- Vagabond is Back
- Warrior Culture
- Thought in Prehistory
- September's Glance (Intelligent Machines, ...)
- Do We Know or Are We Told What We Like?
- What is Sophistication?
- Black Truth ("Some are born to endless night" -- William Blake)
- Autumn Afternoon (illus.)
- The Mystique of the Ship (illus.)
- "Siegfried"
- The Poetry of Karol Wojtyla
- 4 Portraits (illus.)
- Howling to the Moon (illus.)
- A Look Into the Universal
- No Magic Wand
- The Maverick Universe
- From Down, to Honours
- Evocative Images (illus.)
- Musing on Baudelaire
- Sic Transit
- Dance of Eros -- Dance of Thanatos (illus.)
- In Memoriam
- Collection?
- From Spanish Reflections
- Chasing the Thief of Time
- Evanescence of Treasures of the Past
Art
- William's (Wilek's) Last Three Exhibitions
- William's (Wilek's) Art
- Sketches
(Verbal and Graphic) (illus.)
- Sketches and Aphorisms (Sketch Suite) (illus.)
- About
Wilek's Art (illus.)
- Quotes Page "Lizards and Tree" (illus.)
- Between
Kitsch and Sublime (illus.)
- Homage
to Louis Soutter (illus.)
- "Where would mankind be without Cubism?"
- Business, Genetics, and PR in Art
- Children's Matters (illus.)
- Music -- the Most Intime Form of Creativity
Travel
- Return to Paris
- Surprising
Canada
- Two
Months in Poland (Winter 86-87)
- Poland
Again (illus.)
- Galicia
- Catalan And Basque
- Almanzor's Revenge
- Geneva and Toronto
- Magical Malta (illus.)
Entertainment
- Don
Juan (illus.)
- Star
Trek
- A Powerful Saga
- Way of the Samurai
- Partialities
- Bergman's Non-Statement About Men and Women
- "Marlowe in the South Seas" by Philip Wagner
- Strolling Forgotten Paths
- TV's "Toddler" Days
- "Of Gods and Men"
Short Fiction
- The
Vanished Gods
- Octopus
(illus.)
- Soul Cannibals
- The Death of Bud (illus.)
PHILOSOPHY
- The
Source and Content of Visions
- Western
Peoples and Civilization
- Notes
about Evolution
- Eternity
and Determinism (illus.)
- Noneness
of Symbols or the Dance of the Ghosts (illus.)
- Pondering
Evolution (illus.)
- Putting
Competition in its Place
- What
Do I.Q. Tests Really Show?
- Ergo
Sum
- About
Dreaming
- Tidbits
-- What is Reality?
- God/Human
= Human/God (illus.)
- This
Dangerous Universe
- "The
Split Field"
- The
Complex Ways of Coexistence
- What
is Freedom?
- Age
& Creativity
- Musing
About Life and Death
- Notion
of God
- Patterns
of Thriving -- Patterns of Doom
- What
is Morality?
- The
Complex Paths of Creativity
-
Musing on: Existence, Life, Spirituality
- Those Mysterious Freedoms (illus.)
- The
Psyche Interacting with the Universe
- Why
We Don't Control All Our Thoughts
- Empiricism vs. Formula in Psychoanalysis
- Quanta's Enigma
- Automatism
- Darwinian God of the Darwinian Universe
- Brain and Mind (illus.)
- Subjective vs Objective Universe
- Consciousness With the Brain Offline
- Back to the Real World of Enigma
- Shaw's Legacy
- The Dogon and Ways to Knowledge
- Determinism, Time, etc. -- Exchanges between Leon Felkins and William Markiewicz
- The Right-Wrong Hologram
or, Let "right and wrong" coexist; they're not what they seem to be
- With or Without God
- Revenge of the Anti-Enlightenment
- Kaleidoscope as a Model of the Universe
- "The Question of God" on PBS Program
- Forming God
- We Probe the Universe, Which Doesn't Reveal Its Essence
- The Mysterious Notion of 'Quality'
- What Triggered the Stream of Life?
- Primary Impressions
- "Stupidity"
- Darwinism and Justice
- God?
- Are You for Samsara or Satori?
- Reflections on a Desert Island -- Re: To Whoever Found the Bottle
- Genesis: From Big Bang to Theology
- "The Goldilocks Enigma"
- Universe of a Bored One
- Infinity or Determinism? --Dialogue, Glenn Borchardt & William Markiewicz
- On the Pathway of the Village Philosopher
- Prison Musing
- Not Read, But Heard
- Life?
- When the Same Words Transmit a Different Meaning
- How to Live in an Impossible Universe? (illus.)
- Enigma of Dreams
- Creativity at Extremes
- Buddha Said
- Kundalini
- On the Track of Opposites
- A Simple Story
- "How Good and Pleasant ..."
- Existence and Proportion
- "Cocktail"
- "Goal Before Road"
- Between Zero and Infinity, My Mind Is in Prison
- One More Mystical Vision
- Darwinian Display
- Alasdair Palmer as Adversary of the Cult of Power
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