More than seven years ago, just before the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States sent the world into perpetual "tilt" mode , I wrote this post on Ricochet. I'm reprising it here on the day my mother would have turned 96. November 6, 2016: I spent several hours this morning doing… Continue reading The Simple Things–On the 96th Anniversary of My Mother’s Birth
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The Simple Things
More than five years ago (November 2016, just before the election), I wrote this post on Ricochet. I've not posted it here yet, but today I do. A headline in today's Telegraph: "A Shell Crushed the Family Next Door." Memories. For Ukraine. And the glory of the simple things. I spent several hours this… Continue reading The Simple Things
Russian Soldiers: “We were deceived and used like meat shields”
Unlike many these days, I don’t pretend to know exactly what’s going to happen in Ukraine over the short and long term. My own position is that Russia has invaded a sovereign country that has just as much right to make its own way as does any other, and that that fact in and of… Continue reading Russian Soldiers: “We were deceived and used like meat shields”
34 Years Ago Today: Politburo Selects Gorbachev as Soviet Leader
Thirty-four years ago today, the revolving door that had become the entry point to leadership of the Soviet Union stopped when Mikhail Gorbachev was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party. On that day, he became the fourth Soviet leader in under three years (Brezhnev died in November 1982, Andropov in February of 1984, Chernenko… Continue reading 34 Years Ago Today: Politburo Selects Gorbachev as Soviet Leader