Garry Kasparov is not only a world class chess player, he is chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative. He sees the war in Ukraine with clear eyes and has seen it for many, many years. He wrote about it...
This is show down time. This farce that the southern border is the reason that the GOP senators don't want to approve funding for Ukraine needs to stop. Joe Biden called this out yesterday. “Putin is banking on the...
Will the last one leaving Russia please turn off the lights and let the cat out? You know, if you buy the popular culture line about the KGB, it's like joining the old American Mafia. You walk in on your feet,...
Twice this week the rumor mill has gone on high alert because of unverified reports that Vladimir Putin is no more. So twice one of his lieutenants has come forward to say that reports of the Russian dictator's death...
(Top photo altered to reflect CPAC’s current position) Wow. CPAC let it be known where their heart… or maybe just their pocketbook… really resides when they tweeted out early this morning that Russia had annexed four “Ukrainian occupied” territories on...
The ways of wingnuttia and the right-wing press are fascinating. Simply fascinating. What they basically do is cobble together a conspiracy theory. If it doesn't fly, they cobble together a yet more fantastical one, and eventually they're so far...
Republicans have been jonesing for months to make the tragic situation in Ukraine worse than it already is and now it appears they may have the chance to do just that. We're facing another possible government shutdown in January...
The Tower of Babel was a picnic in the park compared to the day and age in which we now live, although the premise was the same: divide and conquer. There, the problem was that a jealous God purportedly...
Get ready for some real fireworks. Even Fox News doesn't know which way to jump on this one. Ron DeSantis is about to face a real baptism of fire in the area of foreign policy. He is now forced to...
This makes perfect sense coming from Marge Greene, but I have to confess I didn't think Mike Lee would stoop so low. Although why I should be surprised, I don't know. Lee is the same guy who said, on...

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