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Cartoon – Kids Today

February 10, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Humor

Cartoon – When Water Creatures Go On Land

February 10, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Humor

Bright Lights in a World of Darkness

February 10, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Bright Lights in a World of Darkness More than 30 years ago the Supreme Court in the United States ruled that if individuals are mentally ill but not criminally insane they cannot be confined to asylums. They must be allowed to live in the general population. The results of that decision over the years have met with mixed success in different areas of the […]

World Turned Upside Down

Cartoon – Life online

February 10, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Two cartoon characters sitting on sofas, one speaking to the other in a humorous context.

Humor

Poem – I Always Think About You (By Wafula p’Khisa)

February 9, 2026 Antarctica Journal

I always think about you Whenever I fail to tame tears Flowing and overflowing like Nile waters– Siphoning strength from a bereft soul And chasing sleep at midnight; Leaving me restless like an insomniac… I always think about you Once I falter cheering my spirit on: To endure gnawing loneliness That humbles me to bow To silence’s sorrowful songs! […]

Poetry

Anger at Pope’s Mention of Armenian Genocide

February 9, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Turkish leaders reacted with outrage this week after Pope Francis referred to the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I as “the first genocide of the 20th century.” Turkey recalled its Vatican envoy, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the pope “not to repeat his mistake,” saying, “It is not possible for the Turkish Republic to […]

Facts & Trends

Cartoon – That’s Life!

February 9, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Humor

Carlos Ruiz Zafón Quote – Speaking To A Stranger

February 9, 2026 Antarctica Journal

“Sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that?” . . . “Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.” – Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

Poem – Are We Real (By Melissa R. Mendelson)

February 9, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Are We Real – By Melissa R. Mendelson The elderly couple sat in their chairs, waiting to be called. As they waited, they drew close, and he said, “What is Reality?” She didn’t answer. “How do we know, if this, we are real?” Still, no answer. “Does that not worry you?” She took a long moment to think, and then […]