Wednesday, March 9, 2022

News Takes (War is hell, the grind edition)


Getting a little soft, are we?


New York Times, 3/9/2022
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grinds on, Moscow is finding itself mired in a parallel conflict: a contest of economic and political endurance against the West [emphasis added] 
[snip] 
Now, both sides face a test of their ability to maintain domestic support for a standoff whose costs will be borne by regular citizens. More than a battle of wills, it is a test of two opposing systems.

 

Original 3/3/2022 post starts here


3/2/2022 Climate crisis/U.S. Supreme Court edition starts here.

As positioned on the front page of yesterday's print edition of the New York Times.

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