The premise is simple: You are no longer a citizen of your home country, which of the two nations your mates call home will you choose? You may not choose as third, and as always, you may not discuss your thoughts with the other two. Do I Really Have to Choose? I have discovered …
Boris Johnson seems to like Russia, dislike Putin… …and this is why I like him. He is also one of the few in the West who speaks of his sympathy to Russia but not to its current regime. Just think about it: he is one of not so many people, especially those in power, who …
Laws in The US In the US, it turns out that you don’t need to look far to find some pretty ridiculous laws. Most of these laws are left-over from many, many years ago. Like the example above, it wasn’t uncommon for a flagman to be required when cars first came out. I read someplace …
What have I learned writing these blogs? Unlike my blog co-authors, Roger and Dean, to me participating in the RUSUK project has one extra benefit: practicing my written English skills. The guys got it naturally, I haven’t. But I always wanted to do it on a level that might be ok for English-speaking audience to …
Not a lot at this time. Once it was, at best, united, extremely tolerant and very well-mannered. Except now, Britain is broken, completely divided, and an extremely angry place. As I write this missive, the Conservative party is in complete disarray, has just lost its leader, who in truth was totally useless, but nothing in …
Grandpa Lenin I was born in Leningrad (now again Saint Petersburg) in 1974 when the Soviet Union was at its peak. My hometown was built by Peter the Great back in 1703. In 1712, it became the capital of new Russia, that was being modernized by the Czar at a very fast pace. When the …
I hope I’m wrong Religion has always fascinated me. It often shows up in our society in unexpected places. In a way, I admire people who can hold to their faith in the face of overwhelming evidence. I’m not made of such stuff. I would, and did, throw my God aside when presented with solid …
The show must go on When a series of terror attacks in Sri Lanka broke out recently taking some 350 lives, nobody out of my Facebook friends colored his/her profile picture into the Ceylon national colors showing compassion and solidarity with this disaster, mourning the victims. Can you recognize this flag at all? When another …
Thanks Dad! My first car was the family hand-me-down; an Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. This thing was the size of a small boat. It had three rows of bench seats and featured wrap-around windows in the roof. Oh, and woodgrain paneling. OK… it was vinyl stickers but they were wood colored. I liked that car, it …