PLAYING WITH MATCHES IS DANGEROUS Truth is always the first casualty of war – and no less so than the current conflict in Ukraine. Russia insists it’s a localized police action to uproot a new Nazi uprising. Ukraine, which has become a US protectorate, insists it’s fighting to halt Russian […]

September 7, 2022 It was an unforgettable evening in Moscow. I was taken by Russian friends to the city’s then largest cathedral which had been closed for decades by Stalin’s orders. Amid clouds of incense and the glow of countless candles, a chorus sang the old Orthodox liturgy. Most of […]