Archive for December 2025
The Accomplished Senator, by Laurence Grimald Gozliski, 1568 A.D.
(For professors, college students, and interested adults.) The paragraphs below are, first, taken from the Preface, written by Blanka Rosenstiel, Founder and President of the American Institute of Polish Culture, and second, from the Introduction, written by Professor Kenneth Thompson, Director of the White Burkett Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia. “In 1568,…
Read MoreConstitutions, Elections and Legislatures of Poland, 1493-1993: A Guide to Their History, by Jacek Jędruch
(For professors, college students, and interested adults.) The paragraphs below are taken from the Foreword written by Norman Davies, one of the world’s most respected historians noted for his publications on the history of Europe, Poland, and the United Kingdom. “In the English-speaking world, it is absolutely natural that England’s parliamentary history should hold pride…
Read MoreTrump Signs $901bn Defense Budget With Funding for Ukraine, Baltic States and Us Bases in Poland
US President Donald Trump signed a USD 901 billion defense spending bill for the fiscal year 2026 on Thursday, authorizing military aid for Ukraine and the Baltic states, and blocking a long-term reduction of US troops in Europe. Approved by the Senate in a 77-20 vote and earlier passed by the House, the National Defense…
Read MorePoland’s Population Falling Faster Than Previously Forecast, Cities Warn
Poland’s population is shrinking at a much faster pace than previously predicted, according to the latest data from the country’s statistical office (GUS), prompting an urgent appeal to the government from local authorities. The Association of Polish Cities (ZMP) has warned that the deepening demographic crisis now threatens the basic functioning of the state, calling…
Read MoreUS to Maintain Troop Presence in Europe Under New Defense Spending Law: Analysts
The United States will maintain a substantial military presence in Europe under a sweeping new defense spending law signed by President Donald Trump, analysts have said. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed annually by Congress, sets funding levels and policy priorities for US defense and national security. The latest version authorizes a record USD…
Read MoreCrime and Pillage. How the Germans Try to Conceal the Truth About Themselves 1939–2019, by Wojciech Polak and Sylwia Galij-Skarbińska
(For professors, college students, and interested adults.) Crime and Pillage presents a reality from Poland’s past that still painfully reverberates today, 80 years after it finished occurring – the German occupation of Poland from 1939 to 1945. Every Pole seems to have a story – a grandparent, aunt, or uncle that was murdered, became a…
Read MoreGraduate Student Presents Unique Expressions in Highlighting the Work of John Paul II
(For professors, students, teachers, persons having basic knowledge of psychology and history of philosophy.) The Saint John Paul II Institute at the University of St. Thomas offers a Master of Arts degree in John Paul II Studies that encompasses a series of Anthropological Course Requirements, Social Teaching Course Requirements, Mission Course Requirements, and Synthesis Course…
Read MoreNew Academic Semi-annual Journal Wojtyła Studies
(For professors, students, teachers, persons having basic knowledge of psychology and history of philosophy.) Karol Wojtyla, a native of Poland, lived most of his life in ominous, collectivistic, and dictatorial societies, first under Nazism and later under Communism. His lived experience under these two systems guided him to a deeper reflection on the relationship of…
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