An American tourist in Russia
The other day I briefly met an old Soviet dissident who left the USSR for the USA and now left the USA for Russia. I’ve never met this guy before and probably will never see him again. The event that brought us together didn’t imply that we must be friends or even talk, so we … Read more
Before I start, let me clarify something: there is no specific economic concept that I wholeheartedly support and I don’t consider myself a communist. On the other hand, capitalism has proved to be less than perfect, to put it mildly. Truth is probably elsewhere or in between. Let’s start with my brand new axiom (it … Read more
Reporting and journalism have been dead for a long time now. It’s even banal to say that, but I need to start this post somewhere. And their demise is actually old news. It didn’t happen yesterday or with the advent of the Internet. Nope. It happened when news in general became a daily expectation marketed … Read more
