The Zelenskys’ Vogue publicity misfire
Is an Annie Leibovitz shoot the best way to appeal to Middle America’s sympathies?
Russia
Friday
Monday
The Ukraine war enters its sixth month
And we aren’t even remotely close to its end
Monday
Why Putin still might shut off Europe’s gas
At a time of war, everything is fair game
Monday
Why it matters that Brittney Griner was ‘wrongfully detained’
The government rarely tries to get Americans out of foreign custody
Friday
Don’t blame America for Brittney Griner’s fate
Bringing her home is on Biden’s State Department
Wednesday
Boris gaffes, Russia laughs
Russia invaded Ukraine because of…toxic masculinity?
Tuesday
Defending Ukraine should be a European project
Why should America keep pulling everyone else’s NATO weight?
Monday
What happens to US fighters captured in Ukraine?
Much of what passes as ‘justice’ in wartime is meted out by the victor
Wednesday
Can the Big Mac save Russia?
McDonald’s reopens in Moscow under new management
Russia is sidestepping American oil sanctions
The global oil market isn’t exactly cooperating
Monday
Biden dumps weapons into Ukraine
It could expand the war yet Congress has had no say
Saturday
Following the seam of the Iron Curtain
I met people who risked their lives to escape from east to west
Friday
Russia slogs through the Donbas
Ukrainian victory hinges on Western supplies of artillery and ammunition
Tuesday
Biden of Arabia
The Saudi trip will be the president’s most controversial yet
Friday
Ron DeSantis’s aide is no Russian agent
There has been an ignorant backlash
Tuesday
The stench from the Sussmann verdict
There was a partisan political element at the very heart of the case
Friday
Why are Putin’s propagandists so bad at their jobs?
The Soviet Union had a powerful PR machine; today’s Russia less so
Thursday
Pussy Riot’s daring escape from Russia
Our world could do with more like them
Ukraine vote shows Republicans still don’t get it
Ultra MAGA or ultra losers?
Monday
Putin’s Victory Day speech shows he’s not backing down
Serious peace negotiations will have to wait
