America, Israel and Russia

America, Israel and Russia by Erin Solaro Genuine decadence is not the refusal to meet previous, and often putative, standards of excellence, but the refusal to do the things necessary to survive. By that standard, Russia is not decadent, it is enormously serious about its survival, at times far too much so in the past, [...]

Liberals and Treason

Liberals and Treason by Erin Solaro There is a reason why liberals like myself are typically reluctant to call things, such as Major Hasan’s treason, by their proper name. Two, actually. The first is that you will be attacked, and quite savagely, by your fellow liberals. So-called. Anything is grounds: minor grammatical errors, using formal, [...]

The Russia Speech The President Should Have Given

Posting this two weeks after the speech, in an era of instant news, would seem a little OBE, except for articles like John Vinocur’s Central and Eastern European Countries Issue Rare Warning for U.S. on Russian Policy in today’s New York Times.  Mr. Vinocur, who really ought to know better, seems unaware that all the [...]

Who Needs the KGB When We Do It To Ourselves?

I finished my novel on 30 June 2009:  stopped making changes, diddling, froze the text.  I had wanted a complete draft by 30 June; instead, I had a completed book.  So my husband and I then went into town:  some bourbon for him, some rosé for me, some meat and veggies and fruit, including two [...]