a nation governed by princelings

O'Rourke said, Many of us for years have been able to see clearly that the president needs to be impeached going back to his candidacy, inviting government, Russia, to involve themselves in our election. ..

how about a peace race instead of an arms race?

President, John F. Kennedy.  On September 25, 1961, dismayed by the Soviet Union’s recent revival of nuclear weapons testing, Kennedy used the occasion of his address to the United Nations to challenge the Russians “not to an arms race, but to a peace race.”  ..

alleged russian agent to be sentenced in us

According to a brief summary of Mueller's findings made public by Attorney General William Barr, there was no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Russia has denied any meddling. . Mueller's team briefly questioned Butina in January, but she did not..

campaign of 1960

Public opinion polls revealed that more than half the American people thought war with the Soviet Union was inevitable. . ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy captured the Democratic nomination despite his youth, a seeming lack of experience in foreign affairs, and his Catholic faith. ..

this week: five events you need to know (december 15)

A terrorist attack in a French Christmas market adds further woe to the unrest on France’s streets and the people’s dissatisfaction with their government. . Russia flew a nuclear-capable bomber over the Caribbean Sea for several hours this week that could have had several American cities..

the 1914 analogy

For Russia, whose czarist dictatorship was threatened by social upheavals, an external enemy was a godsend just as it was for Austria-Hungary, whose fragile collection of Hungarians, Poles, Slavs, Rumanians, and others were stirring against the central government. . Russia, troubled at home..

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