Russian photographer Dmitri Beliakov — a candid critic of his nation’s leader, Vladimir Putin — gave a rapt audience at Lincoln Library a window into his five-year experience covering the war in Ukraine and the horrors that conflict continues to produce.
Shakespeare’s “Tragedy of Macbeth” is about a man who would be King; who, motivated by envy and ambition, achieved his life’s goal by committing murder, only to be defeated in the end.
I am fighting against Putin and the energy cartels by going solar.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s sincere appeal for help captured the irony of the ages: to have peace, there are times you must fight.
Two weeks into this war, what seems clear is that it could well be a drawn-out affair with high casualties on both sides, along with the death of thousands of civilians and the wanton destruction of many Ukrainian cities.
There is no doubt that Vladimir Putin has succeeded in achieving one of his life purposes. He has become a world-historical figure.
To adjust from Tuesday’s Town Meeting concerns to the dizzyingly complex world stage of this past week is mind-numbing.
Now that Trump’s favorite dictator (after himself of course), Putin, has invaded democratic Ukraine and attempts to assert the same kind of brutal rule that he has over Russia, it’s time for everyone to stand up to and speak out against this kind of blata … (read more)
