Can you look at your moment to moment and laugh with the cosmic humor of trying to make it happen faster? It can take a very long time, all that resistance to serious change. We get used to thinking of how it should be, what is expected. It can be the hardest thing to accept, smile, smell the ambient air, taste the moment, and enjoy the dance. Just, you know, bit by bit, easing the attention from some goal or guilt to simply feeling into a gentler frame.
#Russia’s arbitrary #cruelty in #Ukraine and at home must inform any peace deal Dalibor Rohac
..."Friday’s sentence for Evan Gershkovich, a 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia last year on bogus espionage charges, reveals a basic fact about contemporary Russia: Unless dissuaded by force, the Kremlin never shies away from arbitrary cruelty.
Following last week’s phone call between Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, negotiations w"...
so Trump can demand all kinds of vile acts against his opponents, but Biden uses a common phrase and gets lambasted -- yes, yet again the "right" gets all the approbation rights. How has this become our default? They are clearly vile, and yet somehow can do no wrong
"Joe Biden is a deeply competent, accomplished man – and someone who surrounds himself with similarly accomplished, competent people. He has a speech impediment – a stutter – that makes him a nightmare in public speaking engagements, ... And what is the media talking about? “Joe is too old. Joe should be replaced.” – even though Biden has been doing the job and replacement guarantees that the opposition will win, putting a dictator in power."...
This #NATO Summit Is a Big Win for #Biden The alliance’s resurgence since #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine is a signature achievement. By Michael McFaul
..."That NATO can also celebrate its powerful resurgence since the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a signature achievement of U.S. President Joe Biden. Under his leadership, the alliance has expanded to include two well-armed, strategically savvy new members, Finland and Sweden. On Biden’s watch,. "...
I see all these arguments why Biden should not be the nominee he currently is, but where are the well-stated, cogent arguments for the person we would all be much happier to elect? Does Trump really need to run unopposed?