February 17, 2008
With the help of 16,000 NATO peacekeepers (of course), Kosovo officially declared its independence from Serbia! Good for them, and it’s about time! Yet, Serbian nationalism is closely tied to Kosovo, for in June 1389, the Serbs were defeated by the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Kosovo Polje. Up until that point, Kosovo was a [...]
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December 19, 2007
Vladimir Putin. Tsar Commissar General Secretary Vladimir Putin the Great/Terrible, Man of the Year. Seems to work for this power-hungry new version of an old Russian habit: autocratic rule through violence, intimidation, political assassinations, and saber-rattling. I’m disappointed. I honestly thought that Time would have chosen Algore for his global warming farce and anti-American rants at international [...]
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