The Economist — Time’s up— Volodymyr Zelensky’s five-year term ends on May 20th But he has no plans to step down or call an election during wartime Five years ago, on May 20th, 2019, a fresh-faced Volodymyr Zelensky began his presidency with the offer of a contract to his people. “Each of us is the … Continue reading Ukraine Update: Zelensky’s Term Ends on May 20. What Then??
Grandson says Carter is ‘coming to the end’ in brief update about former president’s health Michelle Shen, CNN — May 14, 2024 Jimmy Carter’s grandson said Tuesday that the former president is “coming to the end” in a brief update about the 39th president’s health. “(My grandfather) is doing OK,” Jason Carter said at a … Continue reading Jimmy Carter: “Coming to the End”
A Weekend Read: Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who once challenged Nixon, just died at 96. [NOTE]: Pete made a lot of impact, against the Vietnam war, for the (then-new) environmental movement, and in other ways helped save and enrich the lives of many people, both far away and in the USA. One American he changed … Continue reading Communist Champagne for Christmas, and Congressman Pete MCloskey — A Tribute to My Former Boss on Capitol Hill
Israel, Hamas and the elusive cease fire GWYNNE DYER — PUBLISHED: 7 MAY 2024 Hamas did not need a ceasefire. It had already demonstrated that Israel could not eradicate it. It had achieved its primary goal of wrecking the anti-Iran alliance that was brewing between Israel and the major Arab Gulf states. And it doesn’t … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Cease-fire?
Here it is: I didn’t vote for Hubert Humphrey for president in 1968. Humphrey lost to Richard Nixon, by less than one percent. And as Andy Young had warned me, it’s been (almost) all downhill from there. Not that I voted for Nixon instead. Or for George Wallace, the fiery segregationist Alabama governor, who carried … Continue reading My True Confession, from 1968: All Downhill from There