The Americans have a Royal Family We humans are tribal and I think that’s good, up to a point. Taking pride in who you are and where you’re from is perfectly fine. There are certain things that bind us… that make us a single tribe. Often these things are symbols, like the Union Jack or …
“How very dare you challenge my political party??” Journalism may be the activity or job of collecting, writing, broadcasting and editing news stories for newspapers, magazines, television, and radio, both on and off-line, but good journalism is telling the story in a truthful, and equally as importantly, balanced way. Whilst I hate to use the …
What will I do with a million bucks? Wow, it happened: I am a lucky bastard having cashed in this fantastic amount, $ 1,000,000 net, in the sweep stakes! The first thought was: man, you can never work again. But then I just sat down and thought it twice: what is going to happen if …
A couple of things you may notice about this week’s entries. First, our great friend Sergey is off someplace in the middle of Russia riding on a train from Kazan to Moscow. It’s about 1,000 km to complete the trip, a good time to enjoy hot tea. No Internet on a train out in the …
Absolutely. Yes, it is acceptable. But it depends as we get into details. History tells us about revolutionary and evolutionary changes. This is how the society evolves. To me, evolution is much better as it excludes social violence and bloodshed. Still, history again teaches us that at some point revolution is needed as this could …
What a job! The best and worst………. “Get ‘em off” and “Use the cloth!” I remember in my musical travelling days of spending months going around American and British Army bases in Europe. The British gigs were generally ok but devoid of deep emotion from the audience, but the Americans, well, if they recognised an …
My country’s obsession with enemies Since time immemorial, Mother-Russia has been obsessed with somebody invading her. True, thanks to our geographical position, we’ve had lots of enemies coming in. It was the Teuton knights, then Mongol-Tatars, then Swedes and Polish, then Turks, then Napoleon, then British and French, then Turks again, then Germans, twice in …
What The Hell is Wrong With You People? First, we must acknowledge they can’t help it, being cut from inferior cloth and all. However, once we show them the error of their ways, the continued failure to fall at our feet and worship our superior status is … puzzling. While this could go on for …
Answer to the question: I hope not. Or, it’s better to say: I’m sure I will not. Unlike my pals from the West, Roger and Dean, I come from the Soviet Union. Born and bred in the USSR. Yep, a unique experience. By the way, there was no capitalism back then in Russia. And many …
In fact is was way beyond cool… It was just an ordinary weekday. I was reading, online, a preview of a forthcoming football match in London – my beloved Arsenal playing at home to huge rivals Spurs. It was 2011, and my team had been playing at their “new” stadium, the Emirates, for over five …