Keep the American Flag at Half Staff: A Nation in Perpetual Mourning by John Stanton…

What’s the point in Stars and Stripes flying full staff anymore? What joy or pride is there in looking up at the American Flag when it seems that each week it is lowered for this and that death, current or past? And knowing that over the last three decades or so, most of those deathsContinue reading Keep the American Flag at Half Staff: A Nation in Perpetual Mourning by John Stanton…

Booted Out: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Russia’s Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is ending its activity in Russia. “The Foreign Ministry confirms the closure of USAID [in Russia]” a ministry source said, adding more information would be released “soon.” US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland announced the termination of USAID’s activity in RussiaContinue reading Booted Out: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Vyacheslav Nikonov, Deputy Head of Foreign Affairs Committee: Look Eastward Russia…

Vyacheslav Nikonov, Deputy Head of Foreign Affairs Committee, tells RT that Russia should start looking eastward to fortify its foreign policy aims. The Duma official said Russia should become a self-sufficient center of international strength. “Russia cannot become anything else, there is no alternative” Nikonov told RT in a telephone interview. “We cannot be integratedContinue reading Vyacheslav Nikonov, Deputy Head of Foreign Affairs Committee: Look Eastward Russia…