Amidst the #MeToo fusillade, according to Time, “the fastest moving social change we’ve seen in decades —

— we have Vladimir Putin, Peacemaker of the Year, according to sott.net, who, BTW, has become a beacon of hope for countries across the globe whose leaders are making pilgrimages to Moscow.

I think they’re both important. Both the women finally speaking their truths about sexual predation and gender imbalance and Putin’s amazing capacity for authentic diplomacy. And I lament that this nation does not recognize the significance of Vladimir Putin, but instead, demonizes him, ferociously projecting all the death and destruction that the U.S. Military Industrial Empire engenders across the globe onto this one man.