I last wrote about Ukraine on March 29th, when the conflict was just a month old and everyone was surprised how long the war had lasted. Well, soon the conflict will be three months old, with no immediate prospect of ending soon. I’ll write about the war from a...

Kviv, World War IIKviv, 2022We watch the agony of Ukraine in sorrow but we should not watch it in surprise. This was, alas, so predictable. Only those who do not know the past can be surprised or shocked—the pundits and commentators throughout the global media who are...