A first-generation immigrant who left a career in finance to follow his passion for teaching has written an eye-opening new memoir of his experience navigating what he calls “wokeness” in the U.S. education system. Writing under the pen name Yellow Heights, his new book, “Unbalanced: Memoir of an Immigrant Math Teacher,” is part personal reflection […]
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Analysis: 5 lessons on air defense and underground architecture from Kharkiv
On a recent voyage through Kharkiv and Kharkiv Oblast, I found myself fixating on how the region was prepping for yet another winter of Russian air attacks — one in which Russia has more aerial weapons than ever, and is already eagerly cutting off the energy supply across Ukraine. Pre-war – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared […]
Analysis: Ukraine learns hard lessons from Russia’s evolving tactics after clearing Dobropillia ‘breakthrough’
After two and a half months of intense fighting, the red rabbit-ear-looking shape on the battlefield map of Donetsk Oblast is gone for good. With the liberation of two more villages, Sukhetske and Kucheriv Yar, announced by the Ukrainian military over the weekend, the operation to clear the major Russian – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared […]
Analysis: Hard lessons for Ukraine as clean-up of August Dobropillia ‘breakthrough’ wraps up
After two and a half months of intense fighting, the red rabbit-ear-looking shape on the battlefield map of Donetsk Oblast is gone for good. With the liberation of two more villages, Sukhetske and Kucheriv Yar, announced by the Ukrainian military over the weekend, the operation to clear the major Russian – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared […]
Taking lessons from Ukraine war, Trump’s US defense budget prioritizes drones, missiles
U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2026 prioritizes drones and long-range missile systems over traditional air and naval platforms, Reuters reported on June 26. The $892.6 billion request maintains the overall funding level from 2025 but shifts spending toward innovation and high-tech systems. The budget includes increased investment in small drones, […]
3 lessons from Minsk II for the US in a future Russia-Ukraine peace deal
The following op-ed is based on a broader report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), published on Feb. 11, 2025. Some peace deals lead to peace; others lead to more war. The Minsk II deal, aimed at ending Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014, instead laid the groundwork for Russia’s full-scale […]
Life saver to get swim lessons
LIKE a dog thrown into the water for the first time, Nick Papadopoulos’ instincts kicked in when he jumped into the bay to rescue a father and three children from a choppy river mouth at Carrum. http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/life-saver-to-get-swim-lessons/story-fnii5sms-1227177564713