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Let’s check up on those low approval ratings

From Harper’s Weekly Review: [T]he Ukrainian president penned an open letter to his Moscow counterpart, inviting him to the negotiating table. “When you came to power in Russia more than twenty-six years ago, many people in Ukraine viewed you positively,” … Continue reading

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Three books that changed my life. For a few minutes. (Each.)

My screedy thing involving The Communist Manifesto and how it influenced me deeply, for a couple of days, reminded me of two other books which affected me longer, but not forever. In my early 20’s I was drawn to the … Continue reading

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“Russia Russia Russia!”

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Russian officials in the Belgorod region held a ribbon-cutting for a new bridge that appeared to be stolen from a neighboring village; a Russian volunteer asked social media followers for donations of body bags for soldiers … Continue reading

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