Two old friends, Pete and Sandy, get together for breakfast at a diner in Greenville, South Carolina. Pete — Heard about the two doctors who got charged with conspiracy? Sandy — No, I didn’t. Pete — Read about it yesterday. They were working at a military base, I think in Virginia, and…

The time is now. Now that Putin is scared of Ukraine’s mounting offensive and growing desperate that the exodus of Russians cries out loudly, ‘we don’t trust you, you’re destroying our nation, do not sacrifice our lives for your lies.’ If he had been sleeping well at night, that has changed…

This is a critical moment in the war. The tanks can make a difference. Ukrainians are gaining ground in some areas but meeting fierce resistance in the south where Russians have had time to dig in and fortify their positions. President Zelensky said the other day that approximately 50 of his…

The mass of protesters surged forward, some of them with their faces covered, some not. Men and women of various ages, arms interlocked, a look of fierce determination. ‘We won’t fight Ukraine! We won’t fight Ukraine!’ They chanted vigorously. ‘Long live Russia!’ A block and a half away a unit of riot…

I read yesterday that US representative Scalise from Louisiana had raised the question of continued support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. He would not commit to continuing with such support should Republicans win majorities in the House and Senate on November 8th. It doesn’t take much imagination to realize that…

Biden is in the White House, Putin is in his bunker. They talk via a special channel using advanced Zoom technology and they both fill their respective screens. While not visible, in the room with Biden are Kamala Harris, Antony Blinken and Jake Sullivan. Two unnamed assistants sit near Putin. …

Iran is not a good actor. They’ve gone ahead with selling drones to Russia so it can kill more Ukrainians. They have bombed our positions in Iraq. They are strengthening their economic ties with Putin which aids in his aggression. They’re in constant cyber warfare with Israel and recently launched destructive cyberattacks…

Just learned that Putin has authorized that 300 thousand Russians be conscripted into the army. In other words, he’s giving you no choice. Just do as Putin says. He’s ordering the mass enlistment because he’s losing the war in Ukraine. A war he started because he didn’t give a damn about Ukrainians…

Read an article earlier today on the heroic resistance that Ukraine put up at the beginning of the war which prevented Russia from taking control of Kyiv. Titled ‘The Ragtag Army that Won the Battle of Kyiv and Saved Ukraine,’ by James Marson, it is a detailed account of the…