In February 2014, Russian kingpin Vladimir Putin invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula, which had been under Ukrainian jurisdiction. The timing was no accident, coming as it did only a handful of months after then-President Barack Obama reneged upon…
Campaign of the Century: Kennedy, Nixon and the Election of 1960 By Irwin F. Gellman (Yale University Press, 504 pages, $35) I was but 14 in 1960, but do have a very personal memory of the Kennedy/Nixon campaign. We had…
Among the most shocking claims by Vladimir Putin in justifying his Ukraine invasion is his assertion that he’s seeking a “de-Nazification of Ukraine.” His surreal assertion has angered and bewildered observers worldwide, with everyone knowing it has utterly no basis….
So, how’s your week been going? Probably not great if you’re European. Or if you’re invested heavily in the market. Or if you’re in Joe Biden’s trash presidential administration. Or Justin Trudeau’s trash government. Or if you’re Ukrainian. Or Taiwanese….
Do you suspect Ukraine presently nurses a case of buyer’s remorse over the millions of dollars it paid Hunter Biden? Maybe spend that money on an M1 Abrams next time. A grafter refusing refund after services unrendered becomes a grifter….
The Ukrainian military is far surpassed by that of the Russians: Russia has the second-highest-ranked military in the world while Ukraine’s is ranked 22nd, the Russian navy has 74 warships and 51 submarines compared to Ukraine’s two warships, and Russia…
Wednesday Now we know something we did not know before about WHY Putin is attacking Ukraine. This has been the big question since 2014. Russia is an immense country. It has every kind of mineral resource, unlimited arable land, and…
Sometimes we need time to pass and distance to extend to gain fuller perspective on what we did not see contemporaneously from too close. Indeed, G-d tells Moses that no person can see His face (which I teach as meaning…
Russian President Vladimir Putin essentially declared war on Ukraine in a chilling speech broadcast just before 10 p.m. eastern time Wednesday, saying, “I have declared a special military operation.” Minutes later, dozens of explosions hit cities throughout Ukraine, including the…
Sacramento After moving to northern California a dozen years ago, I attended a talk in downtown San Francisco by a candidate for local office and wasn’t too surprised by the progressive blather I was hearing given, well, the location. Then…