Tag: vladimir putin
Apr. 7, 2023
Ukrainian Squash athlete shares insights on war
Alina Bushma had nothing but squash in mind when she woke up on Feb. 24, 2022. Before the Drexel University women’s squash team headed to…
Jul. 27, 2018
Getting the facts straight on the Russia and U.S. meeting
It is the ultimate task of the journalist, whether it be a small and independent source as myself, or a large and diverse source as…
Jul. 27, 2018
Democracy in the U.S might not have a future
The question this essay asks — does democracy have a future? — must start, I think, with the question of what its present condition is.…
Mar. 9, 2018
Russia has much bigger arms than us
The stakes have never been higher for the United States, as the pressure significantly escalated in the global arms race when Russian president, Vladimir Putin…
Nov. 17, 2017
The Russian Revolution changed politics
This Nov. 7 saw, by the Gregorian calendar, the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. By any measure, it was the most important political event…
Apr. 14, 2017
The Russian tripact
At first glance, Putin looks like a Communist. He was a former KGB agent before the collapse of the USSR — known as the Committee…
Apr. 7, 2017
Has Trump been involved with Russia?
Two Congressional committees, the one in the House at least temporarily sidelined by its chairman, Devin Nunes, are now investigating the question of Russian meddling…
Feb. 24, 2017
When a liar speaks the truth
In writing about Donald Trump in these pages last spring, I pointed out that part of his appeal — and his value — lay in…
Jan. 20, 2017
Is Donald Trump a legitimate president?
It will happen, it is happening, it has happened. Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States. It is the greatest political…
Oct. 16, 2015
How the United States gave the Middle East to Vladimir Putin
In the early 1970s, America’s influence in the Middle East stood at its peak. Egypt, then the region’s chief political power, had just expelled Russia,…
