After watching Putin and the Russian military for the past week one would think that even a US female graduate student would catch on that states, particulalrly authoritarian states, do not operate on the same plane of existence as they imagine should exist for personal relationships.

I am not surprised that the Left is behind Putin. Sashkavilli is US educated, speaks perfect English, and is a personal friend of John McCain.

The Darkness is upon us. If events of the 19th and 20th century mean anything then we will again see an upwelling of popular support for authoritarians who promise to deliver the security and comfort that the weak minded and the purposeless are incapable of attaining for themselves. If we’re half lucky we will not have to deal with the additional complications of a Hugo Chavez wannabe known as Barack Obama.