The Guardian: Putin has ignited a new anti-colonial struggle. This time, Moscow is the target Nick Cohen, Columnist — 23 April 2022 Belarusian exiles watch events in Ukraine with fear but also hope. Could they too fight back? History is teetering on an edge. No one knows which way it will go. Maybe the Russian … Continue reading Could Belarus Be the Next Stage of the Ukraine War?
Jamelle Bouie, one of the best new columnists for the New York Times, today highlights a recent book, The Second Red Scare and the Unmaking of the New Deal Left. [In it, he writes], “the historian Landon R.Y. Storrs shows how conservatives used loyalty pledges to purge the federal bureaucracy of government officials ‘who hoped … Continue reading Friday Follies: the Culture War & The Tostitos Hint of Lime Chip Conflict
There’s not a direct connection between the two items excerpted here. Garrison Keillor is definitely religious, in his low-key, often self-mocking way. But like others of his (& my) generation, he’s watched in bemusement as the generations behind him have been mostly quietly, but steadily dumping religion. Following Keillor, pastor-researcher Ryan Burge takes a look … Continue reading Twofer Thursday: Garrison Keillor at (almost) 80; and the Decline of Religion in the U.S.
Ukraine might yet repel the Putin invasion. Or it may be ground under by Russian forces, then snuffed out as a nation and culture. Either way, the Ukraine war appears to be redrawing the strategic map of northern Europe, with implications reverberating far beyond Scandinavia. A double strategic earthquake is underway, without a shot having … Continue reading Finland, Sweden, NATO, Mud, Macron & Putin?