Tag: putin
What is so great about Russia’s Vladimir Putin?
Vladimir Putin is set to lead Russia for another six years after securing 73.9% of the vote in Sunday’s presidential election. Yes, the same...
Rhetoric: Fake News
“The media is really, the word, one of the greatest of all terms I’ve come up with, is ‘fake’ … I guess other...
James Comey’s testimony: enough to bring down Trump?
Donald Trump’s presidency has been less than stable thus far, and that is, perhaps, an understatement. Trump and his team have been plagued by...
The Comey Scandal
I’d been dreading this move for weeks. It’s directly in line with everything we know about Trump and the incompetence he’s surrounded himself with,...
Ten thoughts for 2017
After the trials and tribulations of 2016, here are ten thoughts to take away for 2017:
1) Don’t cling too hard to any predictions, good or...
Goodbye Free Aleppo
Forget Brexit. Forget Trump. When historians look back at 2016, they will not care how many famous people died. They will look on this...
We cannot talk about Syria without talking about Assad
On April 22 2016, the Assad regime in Syria, and its Russian military allies, broke a negotiated ceasefire by unleashing a bombing campaign against opposition-held...
Why I owe it all to: Angela Merkel
With the release of Time’s ‘People of the Year’ earlier this month, there emerged the usual controversies. Many readers condemned the decision to place...
