March 15, 2022 Two days, one dead, two injured: Journalists in Ukraine under siege Journalism has a lousy reputation these days, for reasons that are mostly self-inflicted. People like Brent Renaud and Ben Hall and so many other correspondents on the front lines represent the best of us, and we owe them a debt of gratitude that in some cases can never be repaid.
March 11, 2022 Ukraine's hospital hell: Watching a country suffer unspeakable atrocities Russia says it is not targeting civilian areas when every day we see images of apartment buildings and homes destroyed by its missiles.
March 10, 2022 Why the media coverage of Ukraine’s ugly war has shattered expectations The media are doing a good job in conveying not just the military and political strategy surrounding the war but the human emotions in a country that is suffering a totally unprovoked attack.
March 9, 2022 Biden bows to domestic pressure, bans Russian oil and gas after delay If the war against Ukraine is the great moral test of our time that justified crushing economic sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s regime, how could oil be left off the list?
March 8, 2022 Zelenskyy’s powerful appeals decry Putin’s sheer brutality Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been all over television, which is pretty remarkable for a guy hiding from Russian assassins, pleading on behalf of his increasingly desperate country.
March 4, 2022 Putin crushes the truth while Zelenskyy bravely does interviews The invasion of Ukraine is a military battle, first and foremost, but it is also an infowar.
March 1, 2022 Biden SOTU soars on Ukraine, flattens on laundry list of liberal programs What was supposed to be a domestic policy State of the Union speech from Joe Biden turned into an oration about Ukraine, a more inspiring approach than just touting the economy and again pitching warmed-over legislation.
March 1, 2022 Media misjudgments on Ukraine give way to reality of war and resistance The media have made a stunning series of miscalculations when it comes to what is now a global conflict in Ukraine.
February 25, 2022 Biden slams Russia as invasion reveals Putin’s litany of lies President Biden told the truth every step of the way, exposing Putin’s false-flag fictions and insistence he hadn’t decided to invade a sovereign country.
February 24, 2022 Trump, allies defend or deflect Putin’s invasion; was Romney right? Many GOP leaders are backing President Biden in lining up NATO allies for imposing sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. But there is another Republican faction that doesn’t particularly care about Ukraine.