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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
Posted in The Facts of Life, War on Ukraine
Tagged Moscow, President Zelensky, Putin, Russia, St Petersburg Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian drones
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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
Posted in Culture, How I Learned The Facts of Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged Communist Manifesto, cyclothymic personality disorder, Erich Fromm, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Odesa, The Art of Loving, Ukraine
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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
Posted in The Facts of Life, War on Ukraine
Tagged Belgorod bridge, Russian Avdiivka, Ukraine, UN Human Rights Council
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