Tag: Russia
Trump’s about-face on Ukraine
Trump might be a pushover, a chicken hawk, a TACO. But in Ukraine, Putin has found his own unmovable object.
What happens when Russian and Ukrainian soldiers come home?
Russian and Ukrainian soldiers will eventually largely lay down their arms, but as the Soviet Afghanistan War shows, returning from the frontlines causes its own issues.
The world’s four legacy empires going down
In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.
Russia’s war on Ukraine generates more emissions than 175 countries: $32...
The first two years of Russia’s invasion resulted in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to the annual emissions of 175 individual countries, further intensifying the global climate emergency.
The enemy is us
Looking back, the desire to make war and obliterate our “enemies” is a deeply ingrained and repetitive pattern in our history.
A slow-motion World War III?
In 2024, as chaos blooms on the American political scene, the world itself continues to be remarkably at war—think of “war,” in fact, as humanity’s middle name.
Empire decline and costly delusions
Historically, declining empires often provoke denials and delusions that teach their people “hard lessons” and impose on them “hard choices.” That is where we are now.
Are we stumbling into World War III in Ukraine?
The billion dollar weapons package for Ukraine “will put Ukraine at risk, Europe at risk, the free world at risk.”
After two years of war in Ukraine, it’s time for peace
The two years of war in Ukraine that have resulted from the U.S. decision to block the neutrality agreement negotiated between Russia and Ukraine in March 2022 in favor of a long war with Russia.
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Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.