It forever changed my life During the mid-2000s, when I was lecturing on Nazi Germany to students in my 10th grade World History class, a student spoke out that his father was a member of the Hitler Youth. “That’s interesting!” I replied. “Would you like him to speak to our class?” my student responded. I … More Meeting a Member of the Hitler Youth
Vladimir Putin’s support of the breakaway state of Transnistria in Moldova, liberation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia from the nation of Georgia, reclamation of Crimea and support for separatists in Donbas, and posturing to invade Ukraine resembles Hitler’s land grab almost a century ago. … More Putin’s Mission To Reclaim Former Soviet Territory
Ukraine will never be allowed to join NATO or the EU. It is too corrupt and politically unstable for NATO and too economically weak for the EU. Nonalignment is the only solution. … More Make Ukraine A Buffer State Between Russia & the EU
Since their independence in 1991, Ukraine has struggled to find their place between Western Europe and Russia, the behemoth that has dominated Ukraine since the 18th century. … More Will Ukraine Escape Russian Domination?
While on a student-exchange trip to Odessa, Ukraine, in 2002, the Ukrainian mob hosted us on a Black Sea disco cruise. … More My Night With The Ukrainian Mob
Joyce O’Day 