What's the worth of an X?  A woman's vote?  A man's life?  Our better world?  Illustration Copyright © 2022 by Linda M. Deane.

I HAVE BEEN mulling over this blog since the morning of January 19. I am still mulling over it, and most likely still will be even as you read it.

I physically started writing as tanks and troops amassed along Russia’s border with Ukraine.

By my second draft, Russia had invaded. Vladimir vs Volodymyr; clown vs comedian; one set of people vs another, very similar-looking set of people. With a weary, wary world looking on.

Protests in Russia against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.  Photo Copyright © 2022 by The Punch. 

SOME BARBADIANS have criticized our Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley, for condemning publicly Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine February 24.  Her comments came swiftly following the Russian president’s bombing of the country, including its capital, Kyiv.

In her statement, Mottley said in part: