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About despots, Ukraine, Putin and America
I’m a few months behind in my New Yorkers. Today, though, David Remnick, the New Yorker’s editor, linked on Twitter a fascinating conversation he had with a Stalin scholar, Stephen Kotkin. The title of the piece, “The Weakness of the … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged Armando Iannucci, autocracies, David Remnick, despotism, despots, Hoover Institution, hot war, Putin, Quisling, Russia, sanctions, Stanford U, Stephen Kotkin, The Death of Stalin, The New Yorker, The Weakness of the Despot", Ukraine
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Re Putin, exquisite subtlety in a NYT editorial
The Times editorial board today, in their Sunday Review editorial which summarizes and analyzes Putin’s assault on Ukraine, “‘I Want Peace.’ Zelensky’s Heroic Resistance Is an Example for the World,” displayed in one paragraph why I love the Times. Really, … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged Echo of Moscow, New York Times, Putin, Russia, Russian free press, TV Rain, Ukraine, Zelensky
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Two paragraphs in Michelle Goldberg’s op today send thrills up my spine
Not chills, no. Thrills. Goldberg visited Ukraine a few years ago and today tells us about some of her Ukrainian contacts, what they’re feeling and thinking, in her op, “Why Ukrainians Believe They Can Win.” Here are the two paragraphs: … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Joe Biden and his people, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights, War
Tagged Kyiv, Michelle Goldberg, Nataliya Gumenyuk, the Orange Revolution, Ukraine, voting rights, Weimar Republic, Yanukovych, Zelensky
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