Putin gambled on Western hesitation, and now a war born of miscalculation grinds on because neither Moscow nor NATO is willing—or able—to force a decisive end. Why did the war in Ukraine start in 2021? As in 2008 and 2012, but unlike 2017 to 2021, Vladimir Putin sensed an American president would not or could…
Greetings from Tyler, Today is good Friday. Dad used to ask, “What’s good about it?” The Christian world is set to face the East on account of Easter. If you read the encyclopedia entries on this subject, you’ll realize that the whole thing jumps the bounds of logic. But that’s why you just have…
Greetings from Tyler, We wish we didn’t, but we live in historic times. Look at who’s leading this nation at a time when our enemies are consolidating and our presumptive president needs sleep. It’s starting to feel like the worm is turning. The gaffs, the mumbling, the pratfalls, and now something really important. There’s something…
NEW DELHI/BEIJING, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to skip a summit of G20 leaders in India next week, sources familiar with the matter in India and China told Reuters. Two Indian officials, one diplomat based in China and one official working for the government of another G20 country said Premier…
Greetings from Tyler, So they caught the guy responsible for publicizing highly classified documents. Everyone’s concerned that this young (21 yr. old) guy would have access to such ruinous documents But they got him. The news media is all over it. They want to know what they can do to help see that government secrets…
Investors in Meta, Snap and other U.S. digital media companies have been looking for signs of a rebound after a tumultuous 2022. They got some unexpectedly optimistic news this week. The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted to advance legislation that would give President Joe Biden the authority to ban TikTok, the viral video app…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt for millions of borrowers was handed another legal loss Monday when a federal appeals court panel agreed to a preliminary injunction halting the program while an appeal plays out. The ruling by the three-judge panel from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of…