Jim Dean

The second anniversary of Crimea reuniting with Russia brought memories of Charles Dicken’s famous, A Tale of Two Cities, a novel set in Paris and London about the French Revolution. Dicken’s first line is still with us today. “It was...

“War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.” – George Orwell. The second round of the Geneva Syria talks will go down in history as having been pushed out of the news with Putin’s...

“Instead of the triumph of democracy and progress, we got violence, poverty and social disaster. Nobody cares a bit about human rights, including the right to life.” Vladimir Putin – UN Address, Sept. 28, 2015. We have watched an incredible shift...