The Menu in the Russia-Ukraine Restaurant: Bad vs Worse

History restaurant’s chef de cuisine says good vs bad not served

War forces uncomfortable choices on everybody’s formulas about what’s good and bad. It clarifies by stripping away illusions created by nuance and evidence-free ideological formulas. Bad vs worse choices, like enforcing a No-Fly Zone over Ukraine against a nuclear-armed Russia, make almost everyone uncomfortable. As in much of human history, there’s no good choice, just a least bad one. But the outliers at the far right and left…