View from the North 40: Let's pop open a refreshing can of freedom and security

As we all know, or should know, or kind of remember but the exact details escape us, Sweden and Finland applied May 18 to join NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in the wake of Russia’s invasion and ruthless efforts to pummel into submission their fellow European country of Ukraine.

No word is out on their application status, but it looks like Finland is winning the popularity contest.

Remember, after Sweden and Finland started talking about how they might be, maybe, applying for their NATO membership, Putin said if they did so, they would regret it because he would be done mopping...