An American tourist in Russia
Maria Kondorskaya 
I hate the apology culture when a modern politician/statesman/intellectual of any kind makes a solemn speech addressing some “oppressed” “minority” and apologizes for things of the past like slavery. I think it is silly to argue whether or not prominent figures of the past — for example, George Washington, Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Turgenev, etc. — … Read more
Hi everybody, I’ve been told you miss me. Do you? I thought my posts are boring and irrelevant. I have nothing much to say about the war or politics. I have one of the most humanitarian degrees possible: languages. Yet, here I am back to talk about racial and economic issues. My post is inspired … Read more
Brief and Sentimental Intro When I was 11 or 12, I heard grown-ups speak of a “difficult age” their teenage kids are being through. This age comes with bad grades, scandals, early pregnancies and paternities, escapes, elopes and sometimes jail time. I got very scared of the “difficult age”, and expressly asked mom, “Please, don’t … Read more
Hi there, I know you missed me a lot (ok, maybe you didn’t). I’ve been recently active on Quora (please, follow here), but I cannot let you miss on my precious content. So here is a potpourri of some longer posts and replies I made there recently and consider worth sharing. Question (original spelling and … Read more
It has suddenly occured to me that the Western society has never become truly liberal (i.e. “thinking freely”). It has always been revolving around an accepted, limited set of very rigid conventions. This set could evolve, change, be replaced or modernized, but the system has remained the same. It’s like changing wallpapers in a prison … Read more