Family law of the jungle

Russia's state-sponsored kidnapping program.

After the Nord Stream pipeline got blowed up, commentators like Rod Dreher started just asking questions:

It's about the underwater sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. Tucker points out that there is no good reason at all for Russia to have sabotaged these pipelines. Why would the Russians render inoperable the source of their economic leverage over Europe? I mean, maybe they did do it, but it's hard to understand why, given that if they wanted to cut off gas to Europe, they have the power without destroying their own equipment.

I am a family lawyer, so I’ve worked on many cases in which people are trying to get parenting time with their children, or have them returned to their homes after being in foster care. Obviously, it’s an emotional and stressful process for everyone involved.

So it might be understandable when one of the parents lashes out in…