Alexander Rodnyansky has morphed from obscure UK academic to economic advisor to Ukraine’s president. As he explained to Spectator UK, they are envisioning modernization, market freedoms and shedding institutional remnants of the country’s Soviet past. Standing in the way: Vladimir Putin, whose lust for conquest appears to include destroying Ukraine and triggering global food shortages.

Bad Mom? Bad Wife?
The Massachusetts trial of Lindsay Clancy for killing her three young children (recently declared a mistrial) became a litmus test for couples – with some publicly breaking off engagements due to disagreements over her culpability. Writing in The American Mind, Evie Solheim ponders the malign influence of social media on the marriage decision for younger generations. “When men and women treat existence as a zero-sum game, everyone loses,” she writes, pleading for greater understanding between the sexes. For more on marriage, see this C2C article.


