The Friday Five – Putin’s Sacred Quest
Vladimir Putin’s reasons for invading Ukraine may have as much to do with the spiritual roots of Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church as countering NATO’s expansion in Eastern Europe.Continue Reading
Vladimir Putin’s reasons for invading Ukraine may have as much to do with the spiritual roots of Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church as countering NATO’s expansion in Eastern Europe.Continue Reading
President Biden’s first State of the Union address was followed by not one, but three, responses—from other Democrats.Continue Reading
The loss of life in Ukraine cannot be measured in dollars or rubles, but the cost of this war will be paid by people all over the world.Continue Reading
Western media portrays the apparent delay in Russia’s advance in Ukraine as evidence of fierce resistance. That may be true, but it may also be an operational pause while the Russian military positions units for a final, devastating assault on Kyiv.Continue Reading
IT SEEMS like the world has gone mad. Russia has invaded Ukraine, a nation that the United States and its allies pledged to protect. Is this the beginning of the end of days?
Looking beyond the geopolitical tensions between Russia and the West, why did Western liberals suddenly develop an intense hatred of Russia over the last ten years?Continue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday announced that Russia recognizes the breakaway regions of Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk, as independent states and dispatched “peacekeepers” for security.Continue Reading
The Biden administration claims that Russia is planning an “extremely violent” invasion of Ukraine, which would be followed by a roundup of LGBTQI+ persons. This sounds like propaganda that preceded other recent American military interventions.Continue Reading
Justin Trudeau’s invocation of the Emergencies Act, which grants him extraordinary powers to put down the Freedom Convoy protests against his pandemic policies, specifically exempts Indians, refugees, asylum seekers, and anyone deemed “a protected person.”Continue Reading
Everyone is pointing fingers after a school in a contested region of eastern Ukraine was hit by artillery. The US and UK governments still insist that an invasion of Ukraine by Russia is imminent.Continue Reading
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