by Larry Krieger | Apr 9, 2022 | Current Events, Ukraine
What Is Inside Putin’s Head? “Once I spotted a huge rat and pursued it down the hall until I drove it into a corner. It had nowhere to run. Suddenly it lashed around and threw itself at me…Now the rat was chasing me.” On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir...
by Larry Krieger | Apr 7, 2022 | Current Events, Ukraine
“Mr. Krieger, how will this end?” Both Russia and Ukraine are locked in a long, grinding war neither side can win. We are now 6 weeks into Putin’s war in Ukraine. My students ask me each day,”Mr. Krieger how will this end?” As a textbook author, I am used to giving my...
by Larry Krieger | Apr 6, 2022 | Current Events, Ukraine
A Generational Divide on Attitudes Toward Russia “At a sudden signal,” Jeff Greenfield remembered, “we would drop from our chairs, pull ourselves into a fetal position, and crouch under our desks, and wait until the A-Bomb had fallen.” In March 2022, YouGov asked a...
by Larry Krieger | Apr 5, 2022 | Current Events, Ukraine
Horror in Bucha “We will never forgive the Russians for what happened here.” On February 23, 2022, Bucha was a peaceful town located about 23 miles northwest of Kyiv. But life irrevocably changed for its 35,000 residents when the next day Russian President Vladimir...
by Larry Krieger | Apr 3, 2022 | Current Events, Ukraine
The Battle for People’s Minds in Russia “Do you support the war or do you want to go to prison for 15 years for opposing the war?” How would you respond if you received a phone call from a public opinion agency asking for your response to these two questions: “Do you...
by Larry Krieger | Apr 1, 2022 | Current Events, Ukraine
Hitler, Putin, and Appeasement “We can never be satisfied” Hitler was a ruthless and amoral dictator. But he was also shrewd and calculating. In 1938, Hitler cast covetous eyes on the Sudetenland, a German-speaking region in the western part of what was then...
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