Lawsuit over Confederate monument dismissed Isaac Groves — Sept. 15, 2022 Burlington Times-News USA TODAY NETWORK The Confederate monument in front of the Alamance County Historic Courthouse will stay where it is after a superior court judge, in that same courthouse, dismissed a lawsuit from the NAACP demanding its removal – at least for now. … Continue reading Confederate Monument Removal: Win Some, Lose Some
[NOTE: Will the Pentagon get a “catch-up-with-inflation” bonus? It usually gets what it wants from Congress, and sometimes even more. With the coming of a new not-so-Cold War, the U. S. war budget seems primed for significant growth. An old story is “new” again. Stay tuned.] Reuters: Pentagon needs an extra $42 billion due to … Continue reading Pentagon Budget “Needs” an Inflation Bonus: $42 Billion
Gorbachev, Putin, and a collapsing empire Gwynne Dyer — Sept. 7, 2022 This is not another pipe-sucking reassessment of Mikhail Gorbachev’s failed attempt to democratize the Soviet Union 30 years ago. He wasn’t actually trying to do that anyway; he was attempting to save the Soviet Union and Communism by civilizing and softening the harsh … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer on Russia’s Reluctant Decolonization
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
BY VANESSA GERA — August 31, 2022 WARSAW, Poland (AP) — In the Latvian capital of Riga, an obelisk that soared high above a park to commemorate the Soviet Army’s capture of that nation in 1944 was toppled last week. It crashed into a pond to the cheers of those watching. Days earlier in … Continue reading More War Statues Coming Down— Different Wars, Different Targets