The inevitable editor of my high school paper inevitably became the editor of my college paper. While Hungary revolted, the newsroom AP machine mesmerized me. Ukraine is an unspeakably sad repeat. Only the names and means of news delivery have been changed. Stalin's spirit was still fresh in '56. Putin is as twisted. Two years later the Kremlin put Hungarian reformist Imre Nagy in an unmarked grave. Now freedom irritates Hungary. Inevitably, the editor became a longtime New York Times reporter.
I'm going to be on this all day. Salon just called and wants a column for Saturday, breaking my once every two weeks cycle. If we think it's bad, what we're seeing on TV right now, it's going to get much much worse, very very fast. Ukrainian troops will retreat into the populace, into the cities. Right now, Russians are attacking military installations, airports, etc. It won't be long until they're shelling cities full of civilians and we'll be seeing the bodies of dead women and children.
As always, I look forward to your insights. ... Hungary wasn't an exact parallel, and I'm not surprised that no one I've read or heard has brought it up. Till just now, on a WNYC-AM talk show. A caller who was there had two urgent suggestions: Especially from the start, the West must protect Ukrainian leaders, and the importance of Molotov cocktails can't be overstated so Ukrainians should now be collecting the most ingredients possible.
I'm heartsick. But thank you for your urgent updates. Local news, reported by someone wearing triple threat false eyelashes, concerns traffic during a local rainstorm. Priorities.
The inevitable editor of my high school paper inevitably became the editor of my college paper. While Hungary revolted, the newsroom AP machine mesmerized me. Ukraine is an unspeakably sad repeat. Only the names and means of news delivery have been changed. Stalin's spirit was still fresh in '56. Putin is as twisted. Two years later the Kremlin put Hungarian reformist Imre Nagy in an unmarked grave. Now freedom irritates Hungary. Inevitably, the editor became a longtime New York Times reporter.
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I'm going to be on this all day. Salon just called and wants a column for Saturday, breaking my once every two weeks cycle. If we think it's bad, what we're seeing on TV right now, it's going to get much much worse, very very fast. Ukrainian troops will retreat into the populace, into the cities. Right now, Russians are attacking military installations, airports, etc. It won't be long until they're shelling cities full of civilians and we'll be seeing the bodies of dead women and children.
As always, I look forward to your insights. ... Hungary wasn't an exact parallel, and I'm not surprised that no one I've read or heard has brought it up. Till just now, on a WNYC-AM talk show. A caller who was there had two urgent suggestions: Especially from the start, the West must protect Ukrainian leaders, and the importance of Molotov cocktails can't be overstated so Ukrainians should now be collecting the most ingredients possible.
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I hear the sirens on MSNBC! Where is God? Does she/he hear the cries of the innocent? I think not.
We need to consider what can be done to slow the Russians down.
I'm heartsick. But thank you for your urgent updates. Local news, reported by someone wearing triple threat false eyelashes, concerns traffic during a local rainstorm. Priorities.