Let the Oil Flow: List the Sanctions on Iran
OPINION: International sanctions against Iran should *never* have happened in the first place, but since they do exist, they should now be removed.
Read MoreThe Defiant Smile of Anastasiia Yalanskaya
“She’s just one face. One name. One life. In one town.”
Her’s is the face of war and preamble of death.
Anastasiia Yalanskaya could have left Ukraine some time ago, but insisted she would stay, even while most of her friends and family fled around her.
As a volunteer, the young Ukrainian woman was delivering food to a dog shelter in a small town named Bucha when she was shot and killed on Friday. The animals had not eaten in days and she felt compelled to help them. And she paid for that extraordinary act of kindness with her life.
Yalanskaya’s car was deliberately targeted at close range by Russian troops. Friends do not know why she was targeted, but it’s a horrific fact that Russian troops are now targeting civilians randomly and bombing their homes indiscriminately as a way to terrorize the population into submission.
She’s just one face. One name. One life. In one town.
She deserves to be remembered.
Call out her name in your thoughts. Anastasiia Yalanskaya
Read MoreRussia-Ukraine Through a Much Closer Lens (Moldova)
Moldovan Television, the Chisinau-based network is basically on the *front lines* of a bloody war and quite possibly battling for its own survival.
I doubt many of you know much about Moldova, nor have even heard of it. I’d like to tell you more about Moldova, because it’s important and timely.
I’ve always been a news junkie, addicted to reading newspapers, absorbed by current events. But nothing quite prepared me for the stark contrast in the way international crises are reported than the previous few weeks of media coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The differences are jaw-dropping.
Read MoreSocial Protocols in the Post-Covid Era
“Since COVID, I’ve witnessed some people backing away when you reach out your hand.”
Read MoreSo, you’re pissed-off at $4 gas?
Quit complaining about gas prices.
There are millions of people right now who would love to trade places and have your “problems.”
Read MoreNo Trump, You Stupid Shit — Putin Was Not a “Genius” for Invading Ukraine
Why any sane person would still listen to anything he says or spews is completely utterly incomprehensibly mind-boggling.
Read Moreрепарации and взносы
“We will restore every house, every street, every city. We tell Russia: learn the words ‘reparations’ and ‘contributions.’ You will repay us everything. Everything you did against our state, against every Ukrainian. In full. And we will not forget those who died.”
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy (President of Ukraine)
The Moral and Ethical Ambiguity of “Too Soon”
I admit that I struggle with this.
When should we return to “normal” during an international crisis? How much time should we allow to pass — while people are still fighting and dying — before we (who are fortunate enough to live in remote isolation) go back to posting pics of our lunch or sharing funny cat videos? Admittedly, I don’t know the answer to this.
But I do have some strong feelings.
Read MoreOpinion: Provide Air Support to Ukraine
THE ONE THING THE REST OF THE WORLD GOT WRONG, BUT CAN STILL GET RIGHT
Looking at the ghastly Russian invasion of Ukraine and all the death and destruction it’s caused, it’s easy to say what we should have done. And by “we” what I mean here is — the rest of the world.
Read MoreRussia vs. Ukraine: Win the Battle, Lose the War
We need to be very careful with optimism when the stakes are so incredibly high. Overconfidence can be a dangerous thing.
Nonetheless, when Yuval Noah Harari writes something — or anything for that matter — it’s always worth reading and pondering.
Here’s the latest take from Harari:
READ: WHY VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS ALREADY LOST THIS WAR
“Less than a week into the war, it seems increasingly likely that Vladimir Putin is heading towards a historic defeat. He may win all the battles but still lose the war.”
I hope he’s right.
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Yuval Noah Harari wrote two of the best books I’ve read in the last ten years: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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