by Heather Hastie | Jun 8, 2017 | Religion, Russia
There are two threads to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s disruption of Western democracies. One is to make sure that democratic government as a political system appears unstable. Thus, he makes it seem like countries are better off with some form of...
by Heather Hastie | Feb 2, 2017 | International Politics, Science & Nature
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists made this significant and serious move last week. However, there’s so much going on at the moment I didn’t find time to write about it. Then, the first thing I saw on CNN today was: Breaking News: Trump Administration...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 2, 2017 | Economics, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia
2016 has been Putin’s year. He has succeeded in much of what he wants. He tells himself it’s about Making Russia Great Again. In reality, it’s about Putin himself. The Russian people are suffering and because of Putin, so are millions of others. And...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 24, 2016 | Great Britain & Europe, Russia
Staying with the leadership theme – this time an example of really bad and corrupt leadership – Vladimir Putin. A report was released this week into the death in London of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko at the age of 43. Litvinenko, who was born...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 24, 2016 | International Politics, US Politics
There’s a whine we’ve been hearing from Republicans with ever-increasing frequency since the start of Obama’s presidency: that the United States is less respected than it was in the Bush era, and especially that his leadership is seen as both weak...
