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Category Archives: Russia
Chekhov – The Master of Concealment
From the April 6, 2023 New York Review of Books: How straightforward Chekhov stories seem, and yet how strangely moving. Like the soul as he understood it, they appear simple but are profoundly mysterious. In her splendid book Reading Chekhov … Continue reading
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Historian Matthew Ghobrial On Russia Vs Ukraine (3-29-22)
00:00 PhD student Matthew Ghobrial, https://twitter.com/GhobrialMatthew 01:00 Matt’s Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9z6CwgycPjUbOLElkLuHjQ 02:00 What are Russia’s legitimate interests in Ukraine? 04:00 Why did Putin invade Ukraine? 06:00 What would a peace agreement look like? 08:00 Hyperbolic rhetoric about Putin 09:00 When … Continue reading
Russia’s Fight To The Death In Ukraine (3-27-22)
00:00 Russia’s war to the death, https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1507819604105592832 15:00 Biden says Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ in sweeping speech on Russian invasion of Ukraine, https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/26/biden-says-putin-cannot-remain-in-power-in-sweeping-speech-on-russian-invasion-of-ukraine.html 30:40 That’s What Xi (Jinping) Said, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alR-hlz7ueU 38:00 What a Single Metric Tells Us About the … Continue reading
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Loving Putin Is The New Holocaust Denial (3-21-22)
00:00 Holocaust denial has long been the most socially deviant opinion you could offer 01:00 Dooovid joins the show 03:00 When you moralize the news, the IQ of the conversation goes down 05:00 The dominant narrative about the war in … Continue reading
The Energy Stars (3-20-22)
00:00 The situation is the boss 03:00 The power of emotional energy, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142897 07:00 Elliott Blatt joins 12:00 Karen Carpenter, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Carpenter 15:00 How did Ukraine become sacred? 25:00 Stalemate in Russia v Ukraine 52:10 Who’s Who in the Dissident Right: … Continue reading