Freedom of speech also means freedom to lie. No one does it better than Putin and the Russians. There’s a Russian TV station called RT, which was formerly called Russia Today. It reports the news in English that is given to the people of Russia. It is the official mouthpiece for Putin. Any nation with…
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Vladimir Putin’s Goal: Returning Russia To 19th Century Prominence
Tip of the hat to Henry who lives in a country in Europe that suffered greatly at the hands of a former empire. At times he gives me a European perspective on matters. He referred me to this site. It is an article written by Timothy Garton Ash a professor at Oxford who met Putin…
A Portrait of Our President: The Slow Road To Insignificance
Dan Hodges is a former Labour Party and GMB trade union official in the British Telegraph wrote about Britain’s impotence in the face of threats. He made certain observations. I suggest his comments are equally applicable to President Obama and the United States. When our closest ally falls into this type of thinking it is…
Obama’s Hand Has Been Called: Will He Fold The U.S. Hand To Ragtag Rebels?
President Obama spoke on Friday about the downing of the Malaysian airline in which two less than three hundred persons were murdered. It was done by a Russian missile which was fired from Russia, or right over the Ukrainian border with Russia, by Russian operatives. The plane came down in pieces over Eastern Ukraine. The…
The Inability To Tell The Truth: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Close to 300 people (including up to 80 children) flying on vacation or business from Amsterdam to Malaysia were murdered by a Russian missile. Here’s the big problem all the nations are facing: the vehicle which launched the missile is in Russia. It is highly probably that it was launched by Russian military forces. The…
The Strange Dealings of Globe & Red Sox Owner John Henry.
The owner of the Red Sox also is the owner of the Boston Globe. You’re probably saying to yourself so what. It’s really no big deal that the Globe’s sports department will always paint the Red Sox a rosy red, after all it is only a game, so whether it tells the story from a…