Alexander Kovaleski

3 weeks ago | open.substack.com | Byline Supplement |Heidi Siegmund Cuda |Alexander Kovaleski

At the end of April, I’m off to Ukraine with my son, friends, and a convoy of trucks. How many trucks, what they contain, how it will be used, all this matters hugely. But after Trump’s outrageous treatment of Ukraine and its President, the fact that we’re going is arguably more important:“Right now, what’s keeping us going is the support of ordinary people,” Maksym wrote to us the other day.

Oct 19, 2024 | open.substack.com | Byline Supplement |Alexander Kovaleski

There is said to be some panic buying going on in the United States right now. This splurge is about what’s known there as “bathroom tissue” or “toilet tissue”. It’s not clear why this is happening since there is no reported shortage, but it may be a sign of what the Republic is feeling as it heads to elect its 47th President. Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Byline Supplement to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Sep 28, 2024 | open.substack.com | Byline Supplement |Alexander Kovaleski

Anyone who states, at this juncture, that they know the outcome of the 2024 Presidential election, or even that they clearly understand the issues involved, does not really know what this election is about. On the surface, it is easy to compare it to the election of 1860, in which the nation itself and its very existence was at stake. This was clear, even to those who did not want to face it.

Jul 20, 2024 | open.substack.com | Byline Supplement |Heidi Siegmund Cuda |Alexander Kovaleski

At the opening of Men at Arms, the first book of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy, the novel’s hero, Guy Crouchback, experiences an epiphany on hearing news of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between the Nazi regime and Stalin’s Soviet Union. “Now, splendidly, everything had become clear. The enemy at last was plain in view, huge and hateful, all disguise cast off.