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Trouble: misreading a foe with nukes

鈥淗istory,鈥 Barbara Tuchman concluded, 鈥渋s the unfolding of miscalculation.鈥漇ince the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the unexpectedly stiff Ukrainian resistance, questions have been asked about miscalculations made by Russian ruler Vladimir Putin. Did he miscalculate both the Ukrainian ...

Thus speaks Fox News

Fox News' Jeanine Pirro exaggerates a lot.That鈥檚 her style.A couple of weeks ago, she engaged in some hyperbole about the tense situation involving truckers along the U.S.-Canadian border.President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had discussed the truckers' blockades at key ...

Improbable reality: war in Europe

The distance from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, to Sofia, Bulgaria, is 800 miles, which is the same distance, approximately, from here to Minneapolis, Minnesota.I鈥檓 telling you this for two reasons. Reason No. 1 is that Sofia was the home of Milko Kobahob. Milko was imprisoned by the Germans ...

Up with Snoop Dogg

Not long ago, there were millions of Trump supporters swearing they鈥檇 never watch another NFL game.In one of the many fights Donald Trump needlessly picked, he put pro football players in his crosshairs.They kneeled. Trump attacked.Trump鈥檚 dutiful supporters responded by saying they found ...

‘Read my lips … I will fight for you’

Convinced they have the policies Americans love and want, Democrats are of a mind that all they need is the right message 鈥 something snappy to hang their campaign hats on this November, when control of the House and Senate will be up for grabs.In politics, messaging is everything, and ...

To be recognized and appreciated

I don鈥檛 know how it happened, but, by the time I could run and yell loudly, I somehow became my family鈥檚 official sentinel.A dubious distinction?I felt honored.Anytime, anybody who shared my skin pigment appeared on our TV, I鈥檇 run hither and thither issuing the following announcement: ...