Vladimir Putin is a Russian czar. He's kind of a mix of Peter the Great and Stalin. He's got both in his veins. And he looks out first and foremost f…

- Marvin Kalb

I love a novel that’s funny, and The Taxman Cometh is very funny, delightfully well-written, yet with a serious message about how government bureaucr…

- Marvin Kalb

we are dealing with a return to what might be a far more normal relationship between the West and Russia. Russia is what it is that we see. It's not …

- Marvin Kalb

If anything good is going to emerge out of this, it's going to be the result of an acceptable modus vivendi between Ukraine and Russia. The two of th…

- Marvin Kalb

We had in the West a very romantic vision of Russia back in 1991, when the Soviet Union died and whatever is Russia began to emerge. And we began to …

- Marvin Kalb

When President Obama in 2011 used military power against the Qaddafi regime in Libya, he did not even notify Congress. A few in Congress mumbled, but…

- Marvin Kalb

Every nation at the end of the day must fend for itself. Sometimes, it needs help. And Ukraine deserves all the help in the world.

- Marvin Kalb

Matt Drudge's role in the Monica Lewinski scandal] strikes me as a new and graphic power of the Internet to influence mainstream journalism. And I su…

- Marvin Kalb

Russia can never be an empire unless it is in control of Ukraine.

- Marvin Kalb