Opinions

It is a slow day in the op-ed section of the Washington Post, apparently. Surely Anne Appelbaum, usually an incisive, or at least a relevant, commentator, could find something better to write about than John Darwin? How about Putin's anointment of a successor? How about it, Anne? You understand Eastern Europe from the inside, and have been one of the few to remember that when an iron curtain falls, those who erected it do not go away quietly. Surely you have something to say about Medvedev and the West's naive hope that he would be better than Putin because he is not a former KGB officer?