One of President Vladimir Putin’s justifications for the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 was his claim that there were Neo-Nazis in Ukraine and his “special military operation” was to achieve the de-Nazification of Ukraine. The common retort by Ukrainians and their supporters is that the President of Ukraine and arguably the […]
Those following the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24, 2022 are now waiting for amassed Russian forces to once again go on the offensive in the Donbas. Despite Russian mouth pieces claiming otherwise, I think it clear that the infamous 40 mile convoy of Russian tanks, artillery, armored personnel carriers, and other […]
Even the most committed urban dweller knows that plants grow from seeds, and if seeds aren’t planted in the ground no plants will grow. Most probably are aware or intuitively know that for farmers there is a “planting season,” followed by a “growing season,” and followed finally by the “time to harvest.” Without a planting […]
Whenever we see an image in the media, we are right to suspect that the picture may be meant to sway us one way or another, to color our perception of reality. The media is so powerful at times, for good and for bad, precisely because it can manipulate our perceptions of events. With that […]
Many of us have been watching with awe the brave struggle of the people of Ukraine against the onslaught of Putin’s invading Russian military. We’ve watched as homes and apartment buildings, hospitals and theaters, have been bombed, and thousands of civilians have died and been wounded. Such has been the nature of this war. The […]
I readily admit I haven’t had the opportunity to listen to all of the confirmation hearings for President Biden’s nominee to the United States Supreme Court, Kentaji Brown Jackson, or read extensively about her personal history or legal views. Like most people with a full-time job and family, the number of hours I can devote […]
A few days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I did a post called The Vaunted Russian Military and the Invasion of Ukraine where I gave some examples of Russian armies vastly underperforming, beginning with the Soviet’s disastrous invasion of Finland in 1939, in the so-called Winter War. A week later I did a post […]
My daughter and I took a walk in downtown Cleveland yesterday. Our plan was to park on the street and then walk to the lake front to watch the sunset. On the way we saw a large group of people, many with large Ukrainian flags, gathered in front of City Hall in a show of […]
The world has been shocked by the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Army over the last few days. President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation has been almost universally condemned. Most, including myself, did not give the Ukrainian forces much of a chance due to the overwhelming advantage in size of the Russian forces […]
I’ve heard it said many times in recent years that there is so much anger today in public discourse, particularly as to racial matters. The country is more divided, animosity is higher, people are so at odds. When I hear such sentiments I go back in my mind to what it was like when I […]