Venezuela

Caracas

I’m not going to pretend that Venezuela was any kind of socialist paradise. I had the opportunity to visit a number of years ago and saw first-hand the crime, poverty and inequality that argues that it wasn’t. All this despite its wealth. As always when I visit other lands, though, I found the people incredibly…

Zelenskyy

I’m going to admit that Donald Trump’s treatment of Volodymyr Zelenskyy today made me angry. It seems apparent that Zelenskyy was intended to simply take whatever Trump was offering – which would have essentially been to sell out all Ukraine’s minerals – and be thankful for the opportunity. Or, maybe, it was intended that there…

The Wild Fields

Putin's Novorossiya

I watched a lovely bit of propaganda from Russian television on prime recently, the first two seasons of Ekaterina, the story of Catherine the Great, who ruled Russia in the mid 1700s. Though the second season paled in comparison with the first, it was still entertaining, and I’m looking forward to more. And I don’t…