Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts

Jesse Walker: The Public Turns Against War

Saber rattling doesn't poll well anymore.      After a civilian airline was shot down over Ukraine last week, America's hawks stepped up their calls for a more muscular intervention in the country, with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) calling the White House "cowardly" because it hasn't armed the government in Kiev. But a new YouGov survey shows  ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: How To Handle Monster Putin

Can an old dog learn new tricks?          What happens when the United States government participates meaningfully in toppling foreign governments in the name of spreading democracy? That behavior usually results in unintended consequences and often produces disasters. When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, initially to search for     ...  MORE

Barry Farber: An Impudent Putin, A Flaccid Obama

Russia looks to rebuild an empire.    One Hollywood marriage was so disastrous that when she (Ethel Merman) wrote her autobiography, she left the chapter about her marriage to him (Ernest Borgnine) completely blank! Pretend I’m doing that now to President Obama’s speech of Friday, Feb. 28, about Russian troop movements against Ukraine.      ... MORE

Russian Drugs Boss Rules Out Marijuana Legalization

Still going through the "gateway-drug" phase.      The head of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service has called marijuana a dangerous gateway drug and said the authorities did not plan to legalize it, or to allow methadone treatment for heroin addicts. “Marijuana users have a 50 or 60 times higher risk of switching to heroin. There is one step    ... MORE

Poll Shows Individual Rights Increasingly Valued By Russians

by Anna Dolgov, Moscow Times.     The majority of Russians think that individual rights need to be protected even if they contradict the interests of the state, with political rights growing increasingly important in the nation's perception, a recent poll has shown. About 46 percent of Russians think that people have the right to fight for their      ... MORE

Katie Kieffer: Pour Me A Vodka, Putin

Bad news for Barack.            For the first time in five years, the conventional media prefers Russian President Vladimir Putin over U.S. President Barack Obama. Has Vladimir sent American journalists cases of Russian vodka? Or are they fed up with Barack? It’s amusing to imagine Putin shipping cases of Russian vodka to American journalists    ... MORE

FRACKNATION: Journalist Searches For the Fracking Truth

by John F. McManus.      More intensely than almost any other nation, we Americans are dependent on energy — to run businesses, heat and light homes and buildings, power the many forms of transportation we frequently take for granted, and more. Worry over recent years that the world is running out of energy, especially the sources known    ... MORE

Ed Krayewski: What You Need To Know About John Kerry

Don't let his reputation as a peacenik fool you.    On Dec. 21, President Obama nominated Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. The move was widely expected after Susan Rice, the only other prominent candidate, dropped out of consideration when the Obama administration’s response to a terror attack on   ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Obama Vs. Obama

Obama 2 pulls the curtain on Obama 1.     Many voters will be comparing Mitt Romney with Barack Obama between now and election day. But what might be even more revealing would be comparing Obama with Obama. There is a big contrast between Obama based on his rhetoric ("Obama 1") and Obama based on his record ("Obama 2").     ... MORE

Eliza Krigman: U.N. Seeks Power For Internet Regulation

What will be America's response to Russia and China? Faced with the prospect of United Nations regulation of the Internet, the United States has yet to appoint a leader for an upcoming battle with other countries over Web management. Less than a year from a historic treaty negotiation that will redefine international agreements on Internet management, the   ... MORE