by Dave Patterson | Jul 6, 2022 | Articles, Exclusive Member, International, Opinion
Expectations abounded for the 2022 NATO Summit, and some were realized. Finland and Sweden cleared the Turkey hurdle for admittance into the alliance. NATO recognized China as more than a “pacing challenge.” At center stage was the Ukraine-Russia war, a...
by Dave Patterson | Jun 29, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
Russian President Vladimir Putin is on a crusade to put all of Europe at risk in his seemingly maniacal power grab. Behind his brutish invasion of Ukraine has always been his unabashed goal of expanding  the Kremlin’s power over all of the former Warsaw Bloc, and...
by Dave Patterson | Jun 14, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Speaking to a room full of Democratic donors on June 10, President Joe Biden explained that when US intelligence sources told Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky the Russians on its border were preparing for an invasion, the Ukrainian “didn’t want to hear...
by Dave Patterson | Jun 8, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
Russian President Vladimir Putin has put himself in a bit of a pickle. Unprovoked, he invaded Ukraine with an expectation of a quick victory that has not come to pass. Quite the opposite, leaving Moscow’s strongman with a troubling dilemma: find some way to...
by Andrew Moran | Jun 5, 2022 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Opinion
President Joe Biden took the time to celebrate the May jobs report. On the surface, it was an excellent snapshot of the labor market that satisfied the White House. However, the details of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) highlighted a few things, including that...
