Reading archive 2022-01-30

The moral calculations of a billionaire: After the best year in history to be among the super-rich, one of America’s 745 billionaires wonders: ‘What’s enough? What’s the answer?’

Top Russian and U.S. officials likely to meet this week amid escalating threat to Ukraine

Putin’s case for invading Ukraine rests on phony grievances and ancient myths: The Russian leader doesn’t want to believe Ukraine exists. But that’s not how modern nations work.

Opinion: Putin is threatening to wreck Biden’s Asia strategy - "The overwhelming majority of U.S. economic assistance and military aid still goes to governments in the Middle East. The Biden team should mount a diplomatic and economic surge in Asia to restore confidence in the U.S. commitment to the region as soon as possible."

Opinion: Lindsey Graham’s shockingly rational answer about the Supreme Court

Opinion: Russia’s looming invasion of Ukraine shows why Trump’s first impeachment was necessary and proper

Inside the campaign to pressure Justice Stephen Breyer to retire: The Supreme Court justice’s decision to step down followed an extraordinary campaign designed to pressure him to retire and make way for a new nominee to be named by a Democratic president.