by Dave Patterson | Jun 16, 2021 | Articles, Biden Administration, Opinion
The conference between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin in a picturesque 18th-century villa in Geneva has been labeled a “summit.” Whether that is an accurate depiction remains to be seen. Will the Biden-Putin talks rise to the significant...
by Dave Patterson | Jun 12, 2021 | Articles, Biden Administration, Good Reads, Opinion
In the upcoming U.S.-Russian summit, there is much for Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to discuss that might bring some clarity to the two nations’ competing world views. It’s unlikely to mirror the meetings between President Reagan and Soviet leaders where...
by Dave Patterson | Mar 19, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Politics
This week’s dust-up between the U.S. and Russia started with the declassification and release on Monday of the National Intelligence Council’s “Intelligence Community [IC] Assessment – Foreign Threats to the 2020 U.S. Federal Elections.” The...
by Andrew Moran | Oct 27, 2020 | Articles, Election 2020, Establishment Media, Good Reads, Media, Politics, Social Issues
For the last four years, the mainstream media have scapegoated Russia, the Kremlin, and President Vladimir Putin for the implosion of the political arena in Washington. The neo-McCarthyist movement painted its wall-to-wall coverage with Russia, accusing the country of...
by Kelli Ballard | Dec 4, 2019 | Articles, Media, Politics, Social Issues
There’s been another attack on journalism, and while that’s not much of a surprise, given the downward fall of the profession, in this instance Putin is pulling the reins on any entity or writer that casts the Kremlin in a bad light. The Russian president has labeled...