Ukraine is convinced that time is on its side. So is Russia
Peace talks are a figment of the imagination
Ukraine
Thursday
Tuesday
The five stages of Mar-a-Lago grief
He’s gotta be guilty of something, right?
Tuesday
Celebrities embark on a Ukraine safari
Visiting Zelensky has become the latest Hollywood PR stunt
Friday
The myth that Hiroshima was necessary
The ‘we had no choice’ excuse has had twenty-first century consequences
Tuesday
Pelosi is right to put China on notice
For all his bluster, Xi Jinping doesn’t want a war
Monday
Ukraine in black and white
Recalling the moral clarity of Lillian Hellman’s The North Star
Saturday
Iran and Russia: the new Axis of Evil?
This strange friendship has limits, but its growth could spell trouble
Friday
The Zelenskys’ Vogue publicity misfire
Is an Annie Leibovitz shoot the best way to appeal to Middle America’s sympathies?
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
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
Monday
Biden dumps weapons into Ukraine
It could expand the war yet Congress has had no say
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
Thursday
The age of American unexceptionalism
It’s hard to be exceptional when your causes are so pathetically underwhelming
Walking around the Ukrainian Village
Self-reliance is an old Ukrainian virtue, one the rest of the world is now seeing in action