US Government

Let’s examine winners and losers in the Ukraine crisis. Let’s start with the losers.

The conservative commentator calls treatment of Russians in the West ‘appalling,’ declares that ‘Russian Lives Matter.’

The media and the war machine (or do I repeat myself?) want us to take sides in the Russo/Ukraine war. To those of us with long histories in military conflicts in which the US foreign policy establishment, media, and military have an interest, the terms are always framed as white hats and black hats - and you had better choose a side! 

A rising number of specialists are pressing the US government to acknowledge natural immunity, the protection that comes with recovering from COVID-19.

According to numbers released by the US government, consumer prices have increased by 7.5 percent in the past year, the steepest increase since 1982.

An executive officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in a newly released video that President Joe Biden’s administration plans to push annual COVID-19 vaccine shots.

Calling for speech laws.

Over the weekend we heard that the US is evacuating its embassy in Kiev for fear of a Russian invasion. We also heard that Russia is evacuating its embassy in Kiev for fear of a US-backed provocation in eastern Ukraine that may lead to a Russian military response.

The introduction of politicized education ideas like “critical race theory” into the curriculum of government schools is a major reason for American public school systems’ decline.

A remarkable failure of meaningful reporting about the massive military buildup in and around Ukraine in recent weeks results in most Americans having no idea how close we have been brought to armed conflict with the Russian Federation.