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  • Putin and Xi Have Red Lines, Too

    Putin and Xi Have Red Lines, Too0

    What are Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping up to? In recent days, Russian tanks, artillery, armor, trucks, and troops have been moving by road and rail ever closer to Ukraine, and Moscow is said to be repositioning its 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade in Crimea. Military sources in Kyiv estimate there are now 85,000 Russian

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  • Putin and Biden’s Geneva Date Validates Low Expectations

    Putin and Biden’s Geneva Date Validates Low Expectations0

    Presidents Joseph Biden and Vladimir Putin met in Geneva on Wednesday, June 16. Both separately noted that the talks went well. “There’s been no hostility,” Putin said. “On the contrary, our meeting took place in a constructive spirit.” Biden meanwhile declared “the tone of the entire meeting… was good. Positive.” The spirit may have been constructive and the tone

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  • Put Not Your Trust in Princes

    Put Not Your Trust in Princes0

    A disturbing disease infects Americans. It’s not COVID, but it hits the COVID-averse and COVID-could-not-care-less, Democrats and Republicans alike. This disease is one of hate, characterized by the propensity to place our preferred elected officials on the highest pedestal possible, while casting those of alternate political persuasions into the bowels of hell. This doesn’t mean

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  • Pushing Up Daisies: Human Beings as Compost

    Pushing Up Daisies: Human Beings as Compost0

    On February 6, 2019, the Washington State Senate passed Senate Bill 5001, which would allow for the composting of human bodies. From The Spokesman-Review out of Spokane, we have this account: The bill “may change the world,” said bill sponsor Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, adding that Washington could be a leader in environmentally friendly alternatives

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  • Pushing the Pause Button on Profanity

    Pushing the Pause Button on Profanity0

    While out on an evening walk in a local park, I heard a fellow walker coming down the path behind me, talking on his phone. His tone was even-keeled and calm … but it seemed like every fifth word was an expletive, uttered in the same calm manner. I cite this incident not because it’s

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  • Pushing the COVID-19 Panic Narrative

    Pushing the COVID-19 Panic Narrative0

    Many Americans remain terrified of COVID-19. The narrative of panic advanced by much of the news media fuels that feeling. In recent days, the focus has been on skyrocketing numbers of people testing positive for the coronavirus. But there are very promising signs that the virus is burning itself out. After spiking earlier this year,

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