For a brief time, the U.S. had achieved energy independence. Sadly, we lost it due to the Biden administration's embrace of left Green New Deal policies.
Poll shows an overwhelming majority of Americans (74%) support a no-fly zone over Ukraine, banning U.S. imports of Russian oil (80%), and imposing further penalties on Russia's economy (81%).
The obvious question is whether Russia's invasion of Ukraine holds any lessons for China and its cause. It does – but they might not be the ones Beijing expected.
The war in Ukraine is another indicator of our new cold war, which pits the U.S. and its allies against Russia and China, creating levels of anxiety not experienced since the end of the old Cold War.
Anna Netrebko was canceled for failing to denounce Vladimir Putin. As with the criminalization of support for Putin in some countries, the Met's termination of Netrebko is an attack on free speech.
Both Ukraine and Russia are ancient bastions of Christianity. And this Christian history is part of President Vladimir Putin’s twisted logic to justify the unjustifiable aggression.
In the almost two weeks since the Ukraine invasion begain, our response remains tepid, halfhearted, and impassive to the Russian bear clamping down on a free and independent partner.
Attacking a nuclear plant is an international war crime. And it will be added to the growing list of such crimes perpetrated by Russia’s president for which he may one day be held accountable when his aggression against Ukraine ends.
When he came to office one year ago, President Joe Biden turned off American energy production. That was a major mistake—and now Americans are paying for it with runaway inflation and Ukrainians are paying with war.
Late last Friday, the CDC released new guidance that drastically reduced indoor masking recommendations. Prior guidance recommended more than 90 percent of Americans and 100 percent of public school students mask indoors. Under the new guidance, the CDC recommends just 29 percent of Americans and just 31 percent of public school students do so.
On March 7, 2014, I created the Facebook group called "1,000,000 people around the world in support of Ukraine’s fight for freedom." I created it to help raise awareness of the annexation of Crimea initially and to fight the information war against the Russia propaganda.
Russia’s cruel invasion of Ukraine has upended the global order. President Vladimir Putin’s war crimes make him an international pariah alongside the world’s worst autocrats like Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un.
President Biden should have used the State of the Union address to speak directly to one of the few parties that can stop the horrendous slaughter of Ukrainians – the Russian people.
Even as the battle between Russia and Ukraine continues, it’s not too soon for the U.S. and its allies to ask a basic question: Where do we go from here?
Whether or not the Biden administration manages to get its act together, there are important steps Congress can take to mitigate the foreign policy disaster in Ukraine.
Americans should learn we can never take anything for granted in the perpetual struggle to defend our homes and families and nations from enemies inside and out.