Dmitry Medvedev: Figurehead or Front Man?

 The Associated Press brings us this delightful piece of what may be loosely regarded as analysis re: Dmitry Medvedev’s resounding victory in the Russian Presidential election.
This particular “analysis” is spectacular in its failure: its attempt to avoid betraying the naivete of its writer is simply breathtaking in its catastrophic wrong-headedness and oversimplification (”Will Medevedev take […]

Serbia & Turkey, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love World Wars

So some Serbs took it upon themselves to express displeasure with the US’s support of Kosovan independence.
I would go so far as to call that an unwise choice on the part of those Serbs. According to the AP, right now the folks in the White House are bristling and expressing no small amount of their […]

Castro’s resignation and what it means for us

Still waiting on a cigar? Don’t get your hopes up.
Fidel’s given up the poorly-upkept facade of being Cuba’s leader, and he’s handed the reigns of power to his brother Raul (for realsies, this time).

Despite constant reassurances from his various lackeys that Fidel would soon to be able to leap tall buildings again, he’s finally acquiesced […]