Every November we pin poppies to our lapels to remember the fallen. But as iPINIONS notes, remembrance should mean more than ceremony — it should extend to the living veterans who still wait for the honor we show once a year. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/remembrance-day-2025 Read more.
World War I
All Quiet on the Western Front Where Russia’s Meat Grinder Replaces Glory With Guts
Putin’s war in Ukraine is no longer about “denazification” or Russian honor. It’s a war of attrition that echoes the trench warfare of World War I; only now the meat grinder churns with drone tech and nuclear threats. And while Trump and Putin play nuclear chicken, the world keeps ploughing the same killing fields. iPINIONS… Read more.
Remembrance Day Sunday
A colleague astonished me yesterday by asking, “What’s the deal with that red flower?” She wanted to know why Prince William, Kate Middleton, and so many other Brits wore poppies on their lapels at the annual National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London. I found her question as surprisingly clueless as asking, “What’s… Read more.


