Politics

By Ted Galen Carpenter, CNSNews - The Trigger for Russia’s Attack on Ukraine? – Russia’s military offensive against Ukraine is an act of aggression that will make already worrisome tensions between NATO and Moscow even more dangerous. The West’s new cold war with Russia has turned hot. Vladimir Putin bears primary responsibility for this latest development, but NATO’s arrogant, tone-deaf policy toward Russia over the past quarter-century deserves a large share as well.

By AnneMarie Schieber, LifeSiteNews - “Instead of engaging with us on the ideas, [they] engaged a propaganda war, using the power of government,” said Bhattacharya. “It was nonsense propaganda designed for one purpose: to create an illusion of scientific consensus where one did not exist and to avoid having to argue substantively over the policies we followed. They smeared us and worked to marginalize us and unfortunately, did it quite effectively.”

By Jarrett Stepman, The Stream - This will be the year that America “fought back” against wokeness and authoritarianism, in the words of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis... In a speech, which he delivered Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida, DeSantis explained how he has helped transform Florida into a bastion of freedom against growing authoritarianism. He also explained how one of the primary issues of our time is the transformation of institutions into engines of left-wing cultural indoctrination and control.