[NOTE: two hundred and fifty million pop records, 500+ songs, in a dozen or more languages, over a 50-year career and I never heard one of them. A reminder that I’ve led a very sheltered western life. Now, it sounds like she may be the loudest public voice in Russia against Putin’s war. Will it … Continue reading Russia’s top Pop Singer Denounces Ukraine War
[NOTE: Modern war, like politics, makes strange bedfellows. The Ukraine war shows this in the case of economics columnist Paul Krugman. He’s a wonk, not a warrior, but his career has some intriguing parallels to that of Army General Mark Milley, current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. No wait — consider: they both … Continue reading Paul Krugman on Ukraine vs MAGA Machismo
BY ELENA BECATOROS AND HANNA ARHIROVA Sept. 12, 2022 KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine kept the counteroffensive momentum in its war against Russia going Monday, saying it liberated one village after another and claiming that in one region it pushed the invaders back right up to the border in a lightning military move that stunned … Continue reading War Update: Ukraine Forces on the Move, Russians Retreat
Wartime Economics Comes to Europe New York Times Sept. 8, 2022 In order to save energy in Germany, buildings and monuments lit for aesthetic purposes will no longer be illuminated at night.Credit…Lukas Barth/Reuters By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist The West isn’t exactly at war with Russia. However, it isn’t exactly not at war, either. Western … Continue reading Krugman on Europe’s Coming Winter of War
Too busy . . . Someone here fits that description . . . Heading for Kyiv . . . then where? Will all our most extravagant hopes end this way? Ghosts: Gorby & Reagan . . . What if Mikhail had borrowed Ronnie’s astrologer .. .?? In post-Gorbachev Russia, this now passes for freedom of … Continue reading Gorbachev: An Elegy in Images