Rich Berdan's Blog
Freelance writer, based in Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
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This is so simple, so obvious, that anyone ought to see the truth of it at a glance, yet we ignore it. The key to solving the conflict lies in the ability to see things from a person or nation’s angle as well as from your own. If there is any chance…
Since the election of former President Donald Trump in 2016, there has been a relentless obsession by the U.S. government and federal agencies to remove and eliminate both Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin from the world’s political…
State conflicts can be unpredictable. It was only eight months ago that Russia started its special military operation in Ukraine, and now the world may be facing the end of civilization as we know it. This may seem like a stretch of the imagination…
The Constitution states only one command twice. The Fifth Amendment says to the federal government that no one shall be "deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law." The Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, uses the same eleven words…
Political pressure and anxiety over a fourth wave of the Coronavirus is now replacing clinical data and science. President Joe Biden’s overused talking point in stating ‘science will dictate the vaccines’ seems to be going by the wayside with the…
It was only a matter of time before vaccine mandates and passports entered the mainstream dialogue. It started with floating out the narrative in gaining public support of the vaccinated and claiming the virus as a pandemic of the unvaccinated. The us…
Has America, the bastion of freedom, finally imploded and succumbed to the ideals it earlier fought to preserve? REUTERS/Jim Urquhart Steadfast democracies throughout the world often call out the integrity of a national election when in question whether…
Steadfast democracies throughout the world often call out the integrity of a national election when in question, whether it be a Venezuelan-type dictatorship, a one-party communist regime, or a banana republic. United States often leads the charge as the…
In looking back on Donald Trump’s rise to power, there is something much larger at work here that transcends human understanding. History can point to one single factor for Trump’s miraculous ability to withstand multiple blows from numerous…
Whether it is tax cuts putting more money in American’s pockets, a red-hot economy breaking records on the stock market and creating the most employment in history or mitigating MS-13, IS and the nuclear threat on the Korean Peninsula, President Donald…
The GOP's Republican Guard is actively paralyzing President Donald Trump’s agenda. Just as an inner circle of Roman Senate conspired under the Dome of the Pantheon to assassinate Caesar, a present-day Senate under the United States Capital Dome is…
There is considerably more evidence of collusion by a political horde, intelligence leaks, and the mainstream news media collaborating with the domestic ‘Deep State Swamp’ in Washington to take down the duly elected President Donald Trump than the…
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In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements 33 (31%) U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity 30 (28%) U.S. wants to dissolve Russia 24 (22%) U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China 21 (19%)