In your pursuit of truth, follow independent media. Pay attention when journalists leave a country. Perhaps you should follow. If a government criminalizes the presentation of facts, or arguments based on evidence, then the fix is in. Such societies cannot succeed. March entered like a big, mean bear in Moscow. Russia’s last objective television and […]
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Ukrainians in Colorado try to make sense of a yearslong conflict from afar
Tetiana Doiun was watching movies with her husband at home in Highlands Ranch when Russia’s president began an invasion in Ukraine last month. Without skipping a beat, Doiun called her elderly mother and aunt, who live together in Dnipro, a city in central Ukraine. When her mother finally answered the phone, it was about 6 […]
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Littwin: Biden bans Russian oil knowing it means trouble at the gas pump. He didn’t really have a choice.
Much of the world is united in opposition, not to mention in revulsion, to what Joe Biden is now calling “Putin’s war” in Ukraine, which, every day, seems to be increasingly a war directed toward Ukrainian civilians. Soon, we’ll find out if the opposition includes American consumers, now that Biden has put a total ban […]
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Zornio: Is the Russian invasion of Ukraine the start of World War III?
By the time American forces formally entered World War II in 1941, it had been more than two years since Nazi Germany invaded Poland. In the interim, President Franklin D. Roosevelt deployed an “arsenal of democracy” to allies such as France and Britain — despite remaining neutral in the war on paper. This included the […]
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Littwin: What happens to all the unity when/if war in Ukraine takes a hard turn for the worse?
In America, as in much of the world, we overwhelmingly root for Ukraine in its fight for survival against Russia. Of course we do, unless we’re Tucker Carlson or J.D. Vance. Ukraine is one of those gutsy underdogs that captures our imagination, gives us a renewed sense of possibility in an uncertain world, offers up […]
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Jim Morrissey: No matter how you spell it, the translation of “Zelenskyy” is clear
More cartoons from The Colorado Sun.
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What’d I Miss?: As Colorado marks support for Ukraine, its president rises to the moment
Myra has missed 30 years of her life, due to a coma, but has found a new friendship with her young neighbor, Ossie. Together, they both are searching for their place in this world. < Previous | Start from the beginning |
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WATCH: Congressman Jason Crow discusses the war in Ukraine with The Colorado Sun
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, D-Centennial, is a member of the House Armed Services and House Intelligence committees. He is also a combat veteran who served as an Army Ranger in Iraq and Afghanistan. Crow was awarded a Bronze Star for his actions in the 2003 Battle of Samawah in Iraq. The congressman, who is in […]
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CU pulls investments from Russian companies as governor urges state colleges, universities to divest
The University of Colorado is severing ties with publicly traded Russian companies, pulling money invested by the university’s foundation and treasury pool as an act of support for Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. The value of the investments are “negligible overall,” according to a media release from the university. “We are looking for ways to show […]
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Littwin: How bad would it have to get in Ukraine for Trump to abandon Putin?
Once again, democracy is under attack. And while I could be talking about Russia’s still-shocking, full-scale invasion of Ukraine and its fledgling democracy, I’m actually talking about the ugly rantings of Vladimir Putin’s poodle, Donald Trump. In the wake of the Russian attack, as I’m sure you know, Trump celebrated Putin’s “genius,” his “savvy” and […]