Sunday, February 27, 2022

Reading archive 2020-02-27

Opinion: For bulldogs and some other breeds, man hasn’t been the best friend - "Its genes are replete with inbred ills, and the dogs — no matter how well-loved — all too frequently live short, difficult and unhealthy lives. That’s why a Norwegian court recently ordered a halt to further breeding of the dog — and the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, too — within that country, saying it amounts to cruelty to animals."

Opinion: What gay men’s stunning success might teach us about the academic gender gap

Opinion: Putin thinks he can win a new Cold War. He may be right. - "We won the Cold War not because we had better soldiers or more reliable weapons or more disposable income, although all of those were advantages. We won because we were right.

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"There’s a pinched view on the left that America faces a choice between restoring its own liberties and protecting them around the world. 'The primary conflict between democracy and authoritarianism,' Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote in Foreign Affairs last June, arguing against a Cold War with China, 'is taking place not between countries but within them — including in the United States.' 

"If this was true before Putin’s Ukrainian gambit, then it isn’t now. The United States shouldn’t have to choose domestic investment over confrontation with global bullies; we can, and have, done both. We can afford to do it again."

The self-styled ‘Freedom Convoy’ rumbled up at an inopportune time for U.S.-Canada trade

This rural news start-up has two reporters and an editor with no broadband. Already, it’s made an impact.: In western Virginia, veterans of a once-great newspaper are starting something small with big ambitions for serving Appalachian readers.

‘Traumaversaries’ can be hard. Here’s how 4 sexual assault survivors honor theirs.

Barr calls prospect of Trump running for president again ‘dismaying,’ says GOP should ‘look forward’ to others

Opinion: The saddest irony of Putin’s war on Ukraine

RT was Russia’s answer to CNN. Now its pro-Putin spin on Ukraine is sparking new outrage.: Whether defending Putin or downplaying the war, the Kremlin-backed global news organization is drawing louder accusations of propaganda.

Opinion: The GOP’s real fear about Judge Jackson? That she’s every bit as good as Biden says.

Alex Ovechkin’s voice is powerful. His comments on Ukraine were a missed opportunity.

13 days: Inside Biden’s last-ditch attempts to stop Putin in Ukraine: A pair of urgent Situation Room meetings and the days that followed provide a revealing window into the Biden administration’s unsuccessful scramble to deter a full-scale Russian invasion

Putin says he will ‘denazify’ Ukraine. Here’s the history behind that claim.

Historic sanctions on Russia had roots in emotional appeal from Zelensky:: A video call by the Ukrainian wartime leader prompted jaded European leaders to act

Kosovo asks U.S. for permanent military base, speedier NATO membership

A Team Of American And British Special Forces Veterans Are Preparing To Join Ukraine’s Fight Against Russia: The group of 10 NATO-trained war veterans are taking up President Volodymyr Zelensky’s offer for people to join a new unit of foreign fighters for Ukraine.

‘Just short of nuclear’: the latest financial sanctions will cripple Russia’s economy

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