Anne Applebaum, a Polish-American journalist, wrote a one-sided analysis of Polish politics, particularly in her portrayal of President-elect Karol Nawrocki as a “nationalist” representing “authoritarian populism.” She is married to Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, a political adversary of the opposition party which supported Nawrocki. I point out in my op-ed in The Washington Times that her article in The Atlanticharms Poland’s image in the…
Congress must save the good journalists at VOA, RFE/RL, RFA, Radio TV Marti, MBN | LIPIEN in THE HILL
I published my op-ed in The Hill today (March 17, 2025) about the Trump administration’s sudden, drastic, and counterproductive action of shutting down all journalistic operations serving audiences abroad under the umbrella of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). President Trump’s decision to shut down the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Radio y Televisión Martí in Cuba, and other U.S. government-funded…
Planned assassination of a journalist linked to Polish children prisoners in Soviet Russia
A Soviet-instigated plan to kill an anti-communist woman journalist in the early years of the Cold War was linked to her attempts to tell the story of thousands of Polish children who in 1940-1941 had been deported with their families from eastern Poland to Siberia and Central Asia where many died from brutal treatment. The assassination plan was revealed in 1953-1954 by a defector to the West from communist-ruled Poland and was never carried out.
Support Silenced Refugees Lieutenant Colonel Henry I. Szymanski was a U.S. Army Liaison Officer to the Polish Army created under the command of General Władysław Anders during the Second World War II which fought the Germans alongside American and British troops in North Africa and Italy. On November 22, 1942, Lt. Col. Szymanski sent a report on Polish-Russian relations to…
