Zelenskyy recently made a speech right before the NATO summit in which he said this (in English): The War of Russia is not only the war against Ukraine. Its meaning is much wider. Russian started the war against freedom as … Continue reading →
Commenter “Kate” writes: I don’t think anyone on our side of the fence knows what’s really going on in Russia, or whether public opinion there makes any difference. Some military observers are now estimating Russian military deaths so far at … Continue reading →
Once again, I’m resorting to a roundup because there’s so much important news. All of the following are such big stories that I may revisit one or more of them some time in the future: (1) Please read this Victor … Continue reading →
Here’s a report from the besieged city of Mariupol. It’s harrowing. A companion piece to that is here: Former UK veterans affairs minister Johnny Mercer, an erstwhile artillery officer who did three tours in Afghanistan, visited Kyiv/Kiev, and
Continue reading →The Iran Deal and how it relates to Ukraine and to the Middle East in general:
Continue reading →…to take the day off today from posting about the Ukraine war. I have a big post brewing and hope to get it published tomorrow, but today I thought I’d just put up this general thread for people who want … Continue reading →
I think it would be better that way. The latest is this: Biden on Wednesday called Putin a “war criminal” for the first time, upping American rhetoric and jumping ahead of a legal process that can take years. “I think … Continue reading →
(1) Zelensky addresses the US Congress. (2) There’s a new Omicron variant, but so far it seems to be more or less the same in its effects as the older Omicron variant. (3) No wonder the Democrat are afraid of … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →