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This week is the 60th anniversary of the climax and resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis, whose memory was made fresh again when President Biden recently remarked to Democratic donors that Putin's threats to use nukes in Ukraine had brought the prospect of Armageddon closer than at any time since the Cuban crisis. The outcome of the Cuban crisis was thought to have been a triumph for JFK and America
Olive Olstad, age 105, formerly of Valley City, passed away at Edgewood Vista, Fargo, ND, on September 2, 2022.
We noted yesterday and today the sudden and seemingly coordinated effort to drive California Senator Dianne Feinstein from office. Today The New Republic (the in-flight magazine of the Clinton Administration—those were the days) weighed in, with a column from Walter Shaprio: 'Dianne Feinstein Can Resign Now With Dignity. . . DiFi, don’t be the Democrats’ Strom Thurmond.' The real subtext of the subhed is clear, and it ain't the Strom
A certain amount of caution is recommended about reporting and commenting on the Ukraine War, mostly because solid facts are hard to come by (the 'fog of war' and all that), and judgment about what to do is in equally short supply, especially inside the head of our president. A few things appear certain. First, the Ukrainians have fought with great skill and effectiveness, and surprised the world with their
It is hard to know what information to trust about the situation in the Ukrainian war. A few days ago the Financial Times, which isn't perfect (what media outlet is these days?) but fairly sober about its news reporting standards, ran a long story outlining what it saw as the significant failures of the Russian invasion: In the first phase of its offensive, the Kremlin’s military story is one of