Back in the sixth grade, I remember Robert E. Lee (Third Ward) Principal Raymond Stewart telling the sixth-grade class a joke on a cold winter day. He told of the farmer’s dog that took up chasing a rabbit and returned a bit later empty handed.

One of the facts being laid bare by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is that Europe has become highly dependent on Russian oil and natural gas for its economy, largely owing to green energy policies that have shut down coal and nuclear electricity generation in countries like Germany, thereby necessitating the importation of Russian natural gas through pipelines like Nordstream 1 that runs from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea.

We’ve officially hit our first deadline of this legislative session. Of the nearly 800 Senate bills that were filed this session for consideration by our chamber, we approved about 400 of them.

The world scene on this day in history is pretty messy, with Russia attempting an outright takeover of Ukraine. There are always a good number of Americans who are passive by nature, and they fundamentally don’t believe in any type of confrontation. This might be understandable until your life or family gets threatened and then you have a pretty critical decision to make.

The Biden administration on Monday announced it would be revoking diplomatic privileges for a dozen Russian spies accused of carrying out espionage under the cover of diplomacy. “The U.S.

The Epoch Times has reported that Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Monday issued an apparent warning to European Union countries providing weapons to Ukrainian defense forces after Russia’s invasion last week.

The Second Session of the 58th Legislature convened this month, and we’ve been off to the races since the very first day. We modified our processes this year on how we move legislation through the Senate to increase efficiency and transparency, so the first two weeks have been especially busy.

I know I normally don’t write this many articles, but I have received a couple emails asking about this. I am far from a foreign policy expert, but I guess understanding the history helps. So for what it’s worth here is a second article if you are interested.

About the easiest thing in today’s world to do is stand back and point out things that don’t seem to be going so well. The list is pretty long.

Russia has recognized the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk within the boundaries stipulated in their constitutions. The Armed Forces of Ukraine will not show any resistance to Russia — they do not have the guts for it, an the liberation of the Donbass will create a domino effect.