As the embodiment of what the Christian Right fears and despises, Brittney Griner has become a useful part of Vladimir Putin’s strategy to return the Party of Trump to power. Griner is thus another casualty of Putin’s global aspirations; a martyr who stands on a pedestal with the growing number of political prisoners in Russia … Continue reading Brittney Griner is a Victim of Christian Nationalism
Tag: Vladimir Putin
Putin Is on The November Ballot
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy recently signaled to his far right base that the Republican Party will abandon Ukraine as soon as Republicans take control of Congress. This move will once again align his party with the subservient position that Trump maintained with the Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin. A Republican victory will fully surrender U.S. … Continue reading Putin Is on The November Ballot
Why Ukraine Matters: A Response to Andrew Bacevich
Introduction For decades Andrew Bacevich, Professor Emeritus of History and International Studies at Boston University, has written compelling warnings about the militarization of US foreign policy. In books and articles that persistently echo Dwight D. Eisenhower’s cautions against the military-industrial complex (MIC), Bacevich has shone a revealing light on how the corrupting militarization of politics … Continue reading Why Ukraine Matters: A Response to Andrew Bacevich
We Are All Ukrainians Now
The current moment is one of those that arises in history when patterns of evil are brought into stark relief. In simple and absolute terms, the choice between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky is clear. It is the choice between right and wrong, life and death, dictatorship and democracy, good and evil. There is no … Continue reading We Are All Ukrainians Now
The High Treason of the Global Right: A Story from Poland
A friend from Poland sent me a recent statement from a conservative politician in Poland named Roman Giertych. The statement alleges a conspiracy between Vladimir Putin, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and the leading conservative party in Poland, the Law and Justice Party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, hereafter PiS). The secret agreement would have rendered the … Continue reading The High Treason of the Global Right: A Story from Poland
Measuring Trump’s Covid Failure
One of the key takeaways from the revelations in Bob Woodward’s new book is that Trump is not as stupid as he makes himself out to be on television. After weeks of consulting with some of the best infectious disease experts in the world, he actually understood at a childish level how viruses are contracted … Continue reading Measuring Trump’s Covid Failure
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