6 March — North Gaza Resorts, Ukraine, Noam Chomsky, the Luftwaffe Leak, Snoopy, Sweden, and Orbán’s Dog

I should be angrier and more upset. At least according to some. People keep trying to start debates with me about the Israel-Hamas Conflict, but I am…

15 March — Austria-Hungary Rides Again, Russian Rebels in Belgorod, and is Russia Now a Chinese

Well, we have been waiting for this. The US ambassador finally addressed the Hungarians, for flirting with…

10 March — Port Biden, Charles XII, Jon Stewart, Ukrainian Wifi Routers, Taiwan, China, and Henry Louis Gates

It’s springtime in Estonia. If springtime also means chunks of icy tundra arrayed across the yards and fields, sub-freezing temperatures at…

23 March — The Moscow Attack, ISIS for Rent, Prime Gaza Real Estate, and Zelenskiy’s Halal-Kosher Feast

When I went to sleep, the death toll was 40. Now they say it is 133. They said that the Islamic State carried the attack out. This has their signature…

17 March — Grant Shapps, Ancient Greece, Kaja Kallas, the Cold War, and Grandpa Biden

In Britain, it’s spelled defence, not defense. As in, get off the fence! British Defence Minister Grant Shapps was nearly knocked off his fence in Ukraine this week. He was supposed to…

1 March — Horrors of Gaza, Roger Waters, Olena Zelenska, Hell, and Peter the Great

I actually haven’t been following Israel. Or the Israel-Hamas War. Whatever you want to call it. I was shocked by the 7 October attacks. I know people in Israel, I work with them, I was…

22 March — Trump’s Real Estate, Putin, Orbán, Macron, Mitterand and the ‘86 Mets

I’ve been paying attention to New York. Specifically, the intention of the State of New York to take possession of some of Donald Trump’s properties in lieu of his failure to pay $464 million…