Good morning from Washington, where the pundits are trying to figure out Russian President Vladimir Putin’s endgame. In a commentary, Sebastian Gorka offers some strategic analysis. Why are climate activists more worried about their agenda than Ukraine’s agony? Victor Davis Hanson has thoughts. On the podcast, a North Korean defector helps Americans understand the value of freedom. Plus: Cully Stimson on America’s obligations should Putin strike a NATO nation, and Steve Bucci on what Big Tech has in common with China. On this date in 2020, in a prime-time address from the Oval Office, President Donald Trump announces a 30-day ban on foreign travel to the U.S. from most European countries, as COVID-19 cases surge around the world.
Climate change moralists value humans so little that they don’t worry that fuel shortages and exorbitant costs cause wars, spike inflation, and threaten our ability to travel or keep warm.
Putin is not insane. His recent actions are the natural culmination of his decadeslong anti-West rhetoric and statements on the illegitimacy of an independent Ukraine.
The North Atlantic Treaty states: “An armed attack against one or more [member countries] in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.”
As Big Tech gatekeepers like Google and Amazon face long-overdue scrutiny in Washington, they have resorted to a national security defense: Breaking us up, they claim, will help China.
Tucked away in documents supporting the bill are thousands of examples of special-interest funding. A list of all the earmarks spans 367 pages. Here are just six.
