AP News: In Wake of Ukraine Invasion, global food crisis looms June 8, 2022 The consequences of the war are being felt far beyond Eastern Europe because shipments of Ukrainian grain are bottled up inside the country, driving up the price of food. Ukraine, long known as the “bread basket of Europe,” is one of … Continue reading Ukraine: Death Sentences & An International Food Crisis
Washington Post: Fox News didn’t just ignore the Jan. 6 hearing. It did something worse. By Philip Bump — June 10, 2022 Fox News didn’t need to announce that it wasn’t going to cover Thursday night’s prime-time hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The network has … Continue reading Fox News Vs. the January 6 Hearing
[Note: In the heady days of glasnost and perestroika, around 1989, I was once asked to shepherd a couple of Russian visitors to northern Virginia for a day. Worn out from long bouts of sightseeing in nearby Washington, they mostly wanted to relax; I could handle that.
[Maybe not. The plan just flew into a few, er, headwinds. Or more like a bunch of buzz saws. But don’t relax. Such “whatever-you-talk-about-DON’T-talk-about-guns” ideas can be stickier than superglue.] Washington Post: A lot, said its ethics board, nine of whose members resigned over the idea. ‘You cannot address these horrific national tragedies … by … Continue reading The “Taserdrone”: Coming to a School Near Your Kids? (Or Grandkids?)
AP News: UN Says Ukraine facing sexual violence and trafficking crisis BY EDITH M. LEDERER — June 6, 2022 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sexual violence in Ukraine, especially against women and girls, remains prevalent and underreported, and the humanitarian crisis in the war–torn country is turning into “a human trafficking crisis,” the U.N. special … Continue reading Double Wartime Crises for Ukraine: Rape & Blocked Food Exports