The Ukraine situation, sixth observation It looks like any one of a hundred semi-rural towns scattered throughout the Pacific Northwest. Modest, single-family homes lining quiet…
Ukraine V: A falling tsar
The Ukraine situation, fifth observation “…a shattered visage lies, whose frown, and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command…” —Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelley It was…
Ukraine IV: Prelude to World War III?
A highly simplified crash course on the situation in Ukraine, fourth analysis The whole thing reads like a soap opera. It’s got intrigue, jealousy, backstabbing,…
Ukraine III: Superyachts, Cluster Bombs and an Ego
A highly simplified crash course on the situation in Ukraine, third analysis Vladimir Putin is a disciplined man. His tenure as president of the Russian…
Ukraine II: The Politics of Lunacy
A highly simplified crash course on the situation in Ukraine, second analysis A lot happened in a few short days. It seems the wrath of…
Ukraine I: The Occidental Bully
A highly simplified crash course on the situation in Ukraine First, let’s get one thing straight: it’s Kyiv and, yes, it’s that Kiev. But it’s…
Treason at Fox?
A Twitter user ignited all manner of indignation today when she tweeted the following: “Ummm…. Fox just went into specific detail about what U.S. military…
A special kind of disgrace
They smeared human feces all over the Capitol. My Capitol. Your Capitol. I just learned this today. Of all the outrageous acts committed on Jan.…
A dangerous gift
Is this what we want? Have we rejected our pluralistic roots? Do we now favor a narrowed ideology, requiring everyone around us to fit into…
A letter to Jussie Smollett
It must’ve sounded good at the time. I mean, even though you probably thought it through, you didn’t think it through well enough — your…