I Don't Think There Will

I Would Like To See Russia Not Invade Ukraine Or Put Pressure On And Threaten Baltic States. But We Live In The Real And Existing World.

Vladimir Putin Wants Practical Things, Like The End Of Economic Sanctions, But He Also Wants Far Greater Sway In Europe And In The Overall Ideological Trends Of The World.

Russian Is Such A Tough And Complex Language That I Am Happy Enough To Understand Everything And Read Most Things Pretty Well, But, Without Constant Practice, My Speech Is Not What I Wish It Was, And I Would Sooner Write In Crayon Than Write A Letter In Russian.

Disaster Can Take A Nation By Surprise, Slowly, And Then All At Once.

Democratic Institutions, Even In The Oldest Operating Democracy In The World, Are Anything But Perfect.