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Victor Fedorovich was born in an ugly village in the “industrialized” Donetsk region of the country. Industrialized by Soviet standards. “My childhood was difficult and hungry,” he said. “I grew up without my mother, who died when I was two. I went around barefooted in the streets. I had to fight for myself every day.”…

“Brandeis made his famous statement that “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants” in a 1913 Harper’s Weekly article, entitled “What Publicity Can Do”  according to an article I read.  Justice Brandeis was referring to the need that actions by government agencies be done in a transparent manner. He knew that the deals behind doors or…

Have you been following the position of the United States on Ukraine? Probably not since it has not been carried in most mainstream newspapers. Last Friday “US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt has warned about serious consequences that the use of force against the participants in the rally in support for Ukraine’s European integration in…

My sense of China is that it is one of the most xenophobic country with a new rise in jingoism among its leadership. Its most recent declaration of a new air defense identification zone which in effect requires Japanese and South Korean aircraft flying in their own territorial waters to identify themselves to the Chinese and…

“The Chinese people are friendly people, people with sympathy, people who will always help others in time of need,”  China Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said this month in response to questions about its lack of financial aid to the Philippines in the wake of the dastardly typhoon that took more than 5,000 lives.  The Chinese…

On Monday an article on Billy Bulger appeared in the New York Times written by Katherine Q. Seelye. Its gist is that by remaining silent and not condemning Whitey then Billy deserved what he got. I’m not quite sure where the idea came up that if the media writes certain evil thing about your sibling, even…