Ever since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, I’ve noticed certain assertions made by some commenters here and around the blogosphere. They are often stated as though they are self-evident truths, unnecessary to document. Most people in the US – … Continue reading →
Both Ukraine and Russia are majority Russian Orthodox countries, and this is relevant because the church is very politically involved and politically influential to a much greater degree than in a country such as the US or in western Europe. … Continue reading →
Yesterday my attention was called to this article, the translation of which (thanks, Google translate) is as follows: Russian journalist and well-known propagandist Vladimir Solovyov said that the Russian Federation will not stop at the war in Ukraine. He said … Continue reading →
With the election of Joe Biden it seems that the time has arrived for all tyrannies to try to accomplish what they’d been putting off for just the right moment. And so we have the looming specter of China actually … Continue reading →
I hope they’re sincere about this: Forty-nine Senate Republicans are threatening to derail the Biden administration’s efforts to secure a new Iran nuclear agreement within the coming days. Any new agreement that “does not have strong bipartisan support in Congress … Continue reading →
One of the reasons for the urgency of the Manhattan Project during World War II was the fear that if the US didn’t develop a nuclear weapon, Germany would. However close or however far Germany may actually have been from … Continue reading →
You may notice that I haven’t written about the Ukrainian biolabs and all the swirling speculation about them. That’s because I think we don’t know all that much, but it’s also because I’m in general agreement with this statement of … Continue reading →
I wrote “postponed” because I believe that the Biden administration has not given up on this pernicious endeavor. But here’s the news: For the last several weeks, reports of a new JCPOA “nuclear” deal with Iran being imminent have surfaced. … Continue reading →
Till today, I hadn’t done research on Robert Malley, the Iran Deal’s chief negotiator (new deal as well as old deal). But I’ve been curious, and today I finally managed to do some brief research on him. I think it’s … Continue reading →
As Obama himself reportedly said: “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to F*** things up.” And yet Joe’s ability in that regard is so prodigious that it’s hard not to underestimate it. And Biden’s Iran deal is so astoundingly awful that it’s … Continue reading →
Recently on this blog and elsewhere I’ve seen variants of the question “doesn’t it bother you that on the issue of Ukraine you are in some sort of agreement with Democrats?” – only it’s often asked in a way that … Continue reading →
I’m going to respond to this recent comment, not in order to especially pick on its author, but because I think it’s an example of the type of thought process and the sorts of analogies we see quite a bit … Continue reading →