Ukraine and the Putin forces are both suffering heavy casualties, which threatens to lead to stalemate.

Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke at Harvard's graduation, so supporters of Julian Assange rallied there calling on him to free Assange.

Putin compared himself to Tsar Peter I, in effect saying that conquering Ukraine is his divine mission.

The original name of the city now known as St Petersburg was Nyen (Swedish) or Nevanlinna (Finnish). Imagine giving that city to Finland and restorie those names! The idea would make Putin writhe.

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How fascism develops, with one small change after another gradually building up to a dictatorship in which defiance is basically impossible.

I am skeptical of the claim that Venezuela is "fascist". Real opposition candidates do get elected there. I am also dubious about the idea that Hungary has gone so far as fascism. But these are minor details which I mention for the record — they don't affect the article's conclusions.

We don't have fascism in the US yet, but I haven't see anyone propose a way to stop it, other than to pray for a miracle. And praying doesn't do any good.