Tucker Carlson, Vladimir Putin and a Hearing at the Kremlin
For decades, I’ve carried a small, yellowing scrap of paper in my wallet. It’s a one-inch clipping of newspaper filler
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Vladimir Putin
Getting Old is Not For Weak-hearted
Whenever I picture myself in my head, it’s always somewhere in the general age range of when this photo (below)
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Taking Note of a Few Things: Five Women and a Karen
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is a wonderful movie and a must see at Thanksgiving time. It also offers viewers some
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July Letters to Jim: Independence and other Ideas
July has arrived and there is revolution in the air, only this time it seems to be in Russia. Grab
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Brittney Griner Exposes Our True Selves
Brittney Griner is looking at another nine and a half years in a Russian prison. Her crime, being in possession
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Letters to Jim: June Gloom? Not Yet
It’s June, it’s summer, and it is time to sit poolside and get caught up on what my readers have
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Rushing to Judgment: Russia Committed Genocide in Ukraine
Since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in late-February about 3,400 civilians have been killed, according to the United Nations Human Rights
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Nuclear war could be on the horizon, analysts warn
The Doomsday Clock is at 100 seconds to midnight. Russian president Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade neighboring Ukraine has put the entire world on alert not seen since the Cold War.
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Playing Duck and Cover — Again
BALTIMORE — It isn’t often that fate drops two seemingly unrelated stories into a writer’s lap; stories which – when
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John Lewis passes as Trump unleashes secret police
Somebody I know posted this on Facebook: “Are you people listening to Trump’s press conference?! People wake up! Vote for
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