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More than half of all Russians (52%) believe at this point that
More than half of all Russians (52%) believe at this point that Joseph Stalin played a positive role in the life of the country, according to survey c...

Read, as a teen, and was bowled over by his Hall of Mirrors, in
Read, as a teen, and was bowled over by his Hall of Mirrors, in Russian translation, in the Foreign Literature magazine, in early 70s (I think). (Stil...

Would I consider it the end of the world if Jeb Bush were to
Would I consider it the end of the world if Jeb Bush were to become the next US President? No. He seems markedly smarter than his criminally shallow o...

Windchime By Tony Hoagland She goes out to hang the
Windchime By Tony Hoagland She goes out to hang the windchime in her nightie and her work boots. It’s six-thirty in the morning and she’s standi...

Indeed. From a letter by renowned Harvard professor, psychology
Indeed. From a letter by renowned Harvard professor, psychology theorist and philosopher Steven Pinker to Harvard Universitys President and Provost: ...

Had a cool, interesting and intense podcast conversation, over
Had a cool, interesting and intense podcast conversation, over Skype and in English, with Mikhail Iampolski this afternoon. We discussed, among other ...

This remarkable book, by one of the most brightly talented and
This remarkable book, by one of the most brightly talented and thoughtful among the Russian poets and prose writers of the last decades, the great Ser...

Hows about -- just a suggestion, perfectly utopian, admittedly, in
Hows about -- just a suggestion, perfectly utopian, admittedly, in its swiftian far-fetchedness -- those many tens of millions of Americans for whom ...