Author: Lubomyr Luciuk

I sat in the gallery as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered these words on March 15: “Volodymyr, in the years I’ve known you, I’ve always thought of you as a champion for democracy. And now, democracies around the world are lucky to have you as our champion. Your courage, and the courage of your...

I have written before that I am a man of conflicted faith. Yet, even though I lecture as a professor of political geography, I cannot but bear witness to Ukraine’s agony through the lens of my religion, the faith of my Ukrainian Catholic ancestors. To that I confess, wholeheartedly. And so, Ukraine’s tortures have become,...

I have been getting a lot of questions about Ukraine of late, for obvious reasons. I haven’t been giving out too many answers because, frankly, I have no idea of what Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to do this week, next month or next year. Nor do the other pundits I have read. Of course,...

I dreamt this last night. I was standing in a room on the ground floor of the home in which I grew up. I was not alone but am not really sure who stood with me. We were both alarmed. For out of a window, looking northwest, we could see something evil. Of that geographical...