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Volodymyr Kish.
The news in both Ukraine and the United States last week was dominated by the fallout from the release of a transcript of...
The View From Here: Autumn reveries
Volodymyr Kish.
On a fine day this past week, my wife and I celebrated the official end of summer, better known as the autumnal equinox....
The View From Here : A proper exchange
Volodymyr Kish.
Last week, President Zelenskyy of Ukraine was finally able to complete negotiations for a prisoner exchange with Russia. 35 Ukrainians held illegally by...
The View From Here: To everything there is a season
Volodymyr Kish.
To state that Ukraine has had a difficult history as a nation, would be quite the understatement. From its beginnings as Kyiv Rus...
The View From Here: The Young and the Restless
Volodymyr Kish.
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, convened this week for the first time since President Zelenskyy’s “Sluha Narodu” party garnered a convincing victory in...
The View From Here: Unrealized Potential
Volodymyr Kish.
As Ukrainians everywhere celebrated the 28th anniversary of the latest iteration of Ukrainian Independence last week, there was no small measure of concern...
The View From Here: Talking Turkey
Volodymyr Kish.
Some months ago while surfing through the prolific content that Netflix offers through its video streaming services, I stumbled across an interesting Turkish...
The View From Here: Old Age in a New Age
Volodymyr Kish.
As most of you may know, I became a “senior” a few years ago, am happily collecting my pension and enjoying the joys...
The View From Here: Election Hangover
Volodymyr Kish.
As most of you will have learned by now, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now not only President of Ukraine, but his party, “Sluha Narodu”,...
The View From Here: A Pidkamin Perspective
Volodymyr Kish.
My cousin Hryts in Pidkamin had been having a difficult couple of weeks when I called him the other day to catch up...
The View From Here: Roots
Volodymyr Kish.
The City of Oshawa where I live, is not that large as far as cities go, with a population of somewhere around 170,000....
The View From Here: The passion of Khrystyna
Volodymyr Kish.
Most Ukrainian Canadians are undoubtedly aware of the artistic legacy of William Kurelek, arguably the most famous artist of Ukrainian descent that Canada...
The View From Here: The ignoble savage
Volodymyr Kish.
Last week marked the 75th anniversary of the DDay landings in Normandy, an event that became known, at least in the western world,...
The View From Here: What’s going on in Ukraine?
Volodymyr Kish.
As usual, I am confused about what is going on in Ukraine. I pride myself on the fact that I take the time...
The View From Here: Fading away
Volodymyr Kish.
In 1951, U. S. General Douglas MacArthur, in his farewell address to Congress, uttered those famous words “Old soldiers never die, they simply...
The View From Here: Pressing Matters
Volodymyr Kish.
Amongst other Ukrainian community entanglements, I am a member of an organization known as the Ukrainian Journalists of North America. It is a...
The View From Here: Talk To Me Dmytro
Volodymyr Kish.
On a recent long-distance car trip, I was aided by a new app on my smart phone called Waze, similar to Google Maps,...
The View From Here: A Leap Into The Unknown
Volodymyr Kish.
The second round of voting in Ukraine’s Presidential election is now history, and as expected, incumbent President Petro Poroshenko was soundly trounced. The...
The View From Here: Political Masochism
Volodymyr Kish.
The results of the first round of Ukraine’s Presidential election last week came as a sobering shock to not only incumbent President Petro...
The View From Here: A Virtual Ukrainian Village
Volodymyr Kish.
I was greatly saddened this week to hear of the passing of Kateryna “Kay” Slepokura, or “Pani” Slepokura as I knew her from...
The View From Here: A Woman For All Seasons
Volodymyr Kish.
Some 500 years ago in England during the reign of Henry VIII, Sir Thomas More resigned as Lord Chancellor of England. He did...
The View From Here: Writing Icons
Volodymyr Kish.
Like in many a Ukrainian home, there is a special corner in my house where icons occupy an honoured place. My collection of...
The View From Here: Lost in the Crowd
Volodymyr Kish.
The Presidential elections in Ukraine are just over a month away, and as expected, the whole affair...
The View From Here: Food For Thought
Volodymyr Kish.
I have survived another year of Christmas/New Year holiday feasting, and it pains me to admit that...
The View From Here: KRUTY 1918
Volodymyr Kish.
On February 7, a much-anticipated new Ukrainian movie titled “Kruty 2018” will be released in Kyiv. The...
The View From Here: Diaspora Debates
Volodymyr Kish.
In my last column, I delved into the heated debate that ensued in the diaspora following the...
The View From Here: The Poroshenko Dilemma
Volodymyr Kish.
There has been a vociferous debate on the Internet this past week stemming from a provocative article...
The View From Here: More of the Same
Volodymyr Kish.
In just over two and a half months’ time, on March 31, Ukraine will be holding Presidential...
The View From Here: Tomos
Volodymyr Kish.
This past weekend, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, signed an ecclesiastical document called a Tomos granting canonical...
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