Would American-Russian Relations Have Still Gone Bad Without the Communist Revolution?

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American-Russian relations deteriorated after the October Revolution, normalized, transitioned to an outright alliance against a common enemy in 1941, then went bad for good after WWII. So it might be tempting to argue that in an alternate timeline with no communist revolution and no Soviet Union, the adversity wouldn’t have happened. But logically, if the … Read more

Opposition To an Idea Is Not an Idea

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At the end of May 2023, Ukraine officially moved Victory Day from May 9 to May 8, making it consistent with the USA’s VE Day, but mostly just to be different from Russia. Now in 2025, Zelensky is asking European leaders to Ukraine… on May 9. Of course Zelensky could have asked them to come … Read more

Will Trump End “Biden’s War?”

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Tonight I appeared on another podcast, this time to give my take on Trump’s position regarding Ukraine and Iran, and what it means to put “America first.” Synopsis: -Trump isn’t “pro-Russia” and no one in Russia even thinks this. It is true he could end the war in one day if he wanted to, due … Read more