An era of endless debates, from Ukraine to vaccines to Russiagate

The Ukraine standoff is like so many other media and political controversies these days that seem to drag on roughly forever.

Ukraine is the Groundhog Day of wars–we are always on the brink, until the diplomats see some shadows. Then there is another Biden-Putin call, or the leader of France or Germany gets involved, the pendulum swings again between optimism and pessimism, and the media remain on a war footing.

The Ukraine standoff, which has been building for months, is like so many other media and political controversies these days that seem to drag on roughly forever. There are advances and setbacks, successes and failures, but in the end each issue metastasizes into an endless debate in the press and on social media.