I know; I know – the jokes write themselves. Biden’s mind? What’s that? But I continue to think that Biden has more input into all of this than most people believe. And of course, whether he does or doesn’t, the … Continue reading →
Recently I’ve made some comparisons to Munich and Neville Chamberlain’s surrender of the Sudetenland to Hitler. But I didn’t go into any real depth while referencing him. But then I realized that his name has become synonymous for “surrender” and … Continue reading →
Yes, Glenn Gould was strange. This clip shows his habit of singing along as he played the piano:
Continue reading →I wrote a draft for a huge post focusing on Ukraine’s history and on NATO. It’s probably going to be a two-parter. Instead of racing to get the first part up here for the weekend, I’ve decided to postpone that … Continue reading →
I was very surprised, when Zelenskyy was elected, to learn that he was Jewish. The first surprise was that there were any Jews left in Ukraine at all, given the history of Jews there. The second was that the Ukrainians … Continue reading →
Worth watching:
Continue reading →(1) From someone who knew Putin as a young KGB operative, some reflections (hat tip: David Foster of Chicago Boyz). The piece supports my conviction that Putin has been deeply upset at the Soviet breakup for a long time, and … Continue reading →
He had an extra couple of gears, didn’t he?
Continue reading →Commenter Geoffrey Britain writes to commenter “om” as follows: “Your understanding of Putin is incomplete because you refuse to consider Russia’s view of NATO upon its border as intolerable.” Actually, though, I think that just about everyone here has “considered” … Continue reading →
Here’s the story: In its 6-3 ruling, the high court rejected arguments by Tsarnaev’s lawyers that his trial judge erred in barring certain questions to prospective jurors, and in blocking evidence of his brother Tamerlan’s role in a prior triple … Continue reading →
The fog of war has been unusually thick lately. I may have the order incorrect, but first we had a report of an attack on the large Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, then that it had been captured by the … Continue reading →