A Personal Perspective On This Russia/Ukraine Mess

In 1991 I was privileged to be part of an Environmental Technology Exchange Delegation to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.  We began in Moscow, visited two cities in Ukraine (Kiev and Kharkov), then ended our visit in what was then called “Leningrad” (now, St. Petersburg.)   You could almost feel the dissolution of the USSR as you moved about, most especially in Ukraine.

Part of our tour included a then very hard to obtain visit to Chernobyl, which is in Ukraine.  That incident and the now well documented failures of the Soviet system in creating and responding to it had ignited deep passion in Ukraine – passion to be separate from the Russians and the USSR.  I had read some history of the region before I went and much since.  Ukraine is culturally...

Virginia State Senator Chap Peterson (D-Fairfax) On The Need To End Masking Of Virginia’s Public School Kids

Virginia State Senator Chap Peterson is a moderate Democrat (yes, they still exist). He joined me on the show this AM to warn school districts that the era of mandatory masking of school children is ending in the Commonwealth.

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Why Socialism Cannot Work

I find the great shift that has happened regarding Covid fascinating.  Two years ago this was all about saving everybody else and not overwhelming the medical care system.  We masked not to protect ourselves from the disease, but to prevent the disease from spreading.  We locked down for “two weeks to stop the spread.”  (Of course, it turned into months….)  In many ways it was an expression of socialist thinking – we were all in this together, etc. etc. etc.  The primary reason, I think, covid policy is largely a matter of left v right is because the Left viewed it as an opportunity to usher in the socialist state they dream of.

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