Commentaries

Every nafoid should light a candle and say a little prayer every day for Putin’s continuing good health. Or maybe a little dance. Putin’s main political advantage is that he has a lot of street cred for rebuilding the Russian economy almost from scratch. He can get away with so much restraint because, literally, “trust … Read more

Russia keeps their proxy war cards close to the chest so it will probably be a long time before it’s publicly known how much or little they helped Iran in the 2026 War. And that’s not new, just look at Korea. Soviet participation in their defense against the US was not officially admitted until the end of the Cold War, by either side.

With the power of 20/20 hindsight, the Soviet Union was not wrong, it was just too early. As we can see today, after more of the world market grew outside of the USA’s control, the rising tide lifted all boats. But just to be clear, the world grew more prosperous despite the USA, not because of it. … Read more

Are there reptilians among us?

We’re still in Theodosia, of course, and this was the second Victory Day parade we’ve attended here. We caught May 9 on our vacation while shopping for houses last year. In 2024 we were in Crimea for the first time, and happened to be in Kerch for May 9. Unfortunately I misremembered the start-time as … Read more