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Posted by on Mar 5, 2022 in Blog, Politics | 0 comments

Russia-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.

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Posted by on Mar 2, 2022 in Blog, Essays, Politics | 1 comment

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.

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Posted by on Feb 23, 2022 in Blog, Essays, Politics | 0 comments

Outlier Thinking on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

 

 

I find it very puzzling that so much of the world is holding its collective breath right now, but there’s been relatively little discussion about the (imminent) Russian invasion of Ukraine and/or Ukrainian territories.

Does anyone care? Is the public so fatigued by foreign conflicts that we don’t recognize a major transgression? Do we ignore global events until they reach our doorstep? I’ll be kind and ascribe widespread American apathy to this conflict being complicated. I also presume we might agree that other nations (including the U.S.) can do little to stop the incursion. Nonetheless, it’s important to try and understand things.

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