Any further misunderstandings between Russia and the Western nations will be chalked up to — you didn’t read what I wrote — In July 1994, one of my first meetings was with then-Mayor Anatoly Sobchak. At this meeting was a nondescript, even small man with a wire-like intensity, making me think he would jump into action or attack at any moment. His name was Vladimir Putin — the future “czar” of Russia.

And for it, he deserves another Nobel Peace prize — If you haven’t seen Gore’s outburst on the stage during the “Leading the Charge Through Earth’s New Normal” panel discussion at the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Annual Meeting, then I highly recommend you watch it. Love or hate him, the man has more passion concerning the changing climate than probably…

To begin to understand ‘how did we get a Trump,” historians should start with the DeVos and Van Andel MLM brainchild — Historians will be pondering for years, how did the phenomenon of Donald Trump happen in the United States. Many will look to the end of the actual years of Trump, and at the most extreme elements of his following, and say it was all based on racism. …

Putin’s support rests mostly in that most Russians don’t blame because they think he is good — They say — and thank God I never was able to verify this fact — that for as many stories that this ugly building rises above the ground, that is how many it goes under the earth: Floor after floor is filled with cells, torture chambers, and killing rooms. The…

You keep waiting for the bottle of vodka to run out, but it seems he has a bottom-less one — Bruce Springsteen, in concerts, often tells about the glow of the lone cigarette in the dark kitchen. …

If you are over 45, join me for a generational rant free of politics but full of life knowledge (I think) — I have blocked people in the past. Here on Medium, I prefer to engage everyone, even the shitheads and haters; nonetheless, two did end up getting blocked simply because I couldn’t be bothered by their weak intellects and racist arguments. Recently, and to my utter amazement, I was threatened with…

And yet, somehow, with the traditional shrug of the shoulders, most Russians just look the other way — It’s a lazy kind of support. There aren’t many Russians who are ready to storm the Bastille, White House, or Hermitage these days over the ideas of the Kremlin. This is why when Russians do things like steal children from Ukraine and force them to accept new lives in Russia…

A guest came to my house on Thanksgiving with containers for take-out! — With the monstrous turkey cooling on the counter next to me, I worked to extract the drippings out of a pot so as not to suck fat into my gravy pump. Across from me, waiting for a glass of wine, was one of our guests who came to “help.” This…

It’s creepy, freaks me out, and really, it seems to be in bad taste — As the plane descends from the skies and completes its final approach to the Denver International Airport, if you happen to be near a window, you can see the great expanse of the Colorado plains interrupted only by the jutting Rocky Mountains off to the West. If you happen to…