
Ellen Birkett Lindeen: Talking Putin off the ledge
What if we could stop war? What if we could stop Russia from invading Ukraine?

What if we could stop war? What if we could stop Russia from invading Ukraine?

A top deputy in the office of Attorney General Jason Miyares has resigned after the Washington Post reported on social media posts praising Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection rioters and claiming that Donald Trump had won the 2020 presidential election.

Nothing in one part of the country is truly “alien” if it affects any other part. To the extent that the voting power and political voice of millions of people is diminished anywhere, it affects the quality of democracy everywhere.

If you look at how polls and politics are shaping up, it is shamefully obvious that Republicans, in general, simply do not represent what most Americans say they want.

Once upon a time, there was a government so paranoid about its hold on power that it treated everyone and everything as a threat and a reason to expand its powers.

Within the next few months the Supreme Court will decide on Mississippi’s challenge to Roe V. Wade.

Everything is now fair game for censorship if it can be construed as hateful, hurtful, bigoted or offensive provided that it runs counter to the established viewpoint.

On July 1, 1997 the United Kingdom formally handed Hong Kong over to China under an agreement that was supposed to give Hong Kong 50 years of autonomy: “one country, two systems,” Deng Xiaoping promised.

Between the riots, lockdowns, political theater, and COVID-19 mandates, 2021 was one for the history books.

The pandemic is the most challenging crisis facing our nation in more than a century, and remains one of the fundamental human rights issues of our time.