Political corruption, clearly evidenced in Ukraine and Russia, lies at the heart of the violent confrontation unfolding before us in Eastern Europe. The levers of military power in both countries, initially funded by political consensus and developed under the guise of national defense, have now been co-opted by criminals and…

In early 2014, during the unseasonably warm month of February, I worked as a sound engineer in Sochi, Russia. I was part of a technical broadcast team hired by NBC to produce the coverage of Olympic figure skating and short track speed skating for viewers back home in America. When…

The coming battle for control of ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih, the former Soviet mining and steel production facility now privately owned by the ArcelorMittal Group, has its roots in the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The ensuing political, cultural and financial turmoil triggered a massive realignment of wealth and…

At the center of the growing conflict in Ukraine is one of the largest integrated mining and steel production facilities in the world — ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih. …

We are surrounded by cell phones and social media, shouldn’t we know something about their power? It started with the children. They were perfectly normal on the outside, but something inside of them had changed. They didn’t play with each other anymore, or at least in the way children had…

It’s classic Dubai — hype and bullshit — a circle of thieves enabled by lax regulation, rule by fiat, and “flexible” laws favoring locals. The recent indictment of Thomas Barrack for failing to register as a foreign agent for the UAE highlights the reckless, and acutely self-interested nature of the…

What you are seeing is exactly what it appears to be; President Trump’s association and cultivation of colorful ex-patriots of the former…

And so the story deepens and divides. On one side of the argument are the good people of Hopkinton, MA. On the other side, a grieving Black mother, her only daughter found dead, hanging from a tree, less than a half mile from their home. Hopkinton residents, many of whom…

Mikayla Miller’s death was ruled a suicide yesterday. For many, like myself, the ruling doesn’t settle a thing. There has been far too little transparency from the DA, and the police, to trust anything they say about this case. The media coverage of this story has also been profoundly lacking…