The Union of the Russian People helped invent a new style of right-wing politics – novel not just for Russia but for most of the world – a politics in a new key oriented toward the masses, public spaces, and direct action, a fascism avant la lettre. — Stephen Kotkin 60 This is ...
They were particularly famous for visionary projects, spent much of their time in diggings for money which they pretended was hid in the earth; and to this day, large excavations may be seen in the earth, not far from their residence, where they used to spend their time in digging for h...
Les Miserables came out recently and Anne Hathaway’s rendition of the famous “I dreamed a dream” has been playing in my head ever since I saw the movie a couple of weeks ago. Of course I’ve been singing it to myself because of how beautiful and moving I find it, but after repea...
In 2022, however, Russia invaded Ukraine, disrupting oil and gas markets. With economic sanctions against Russia placed by the U.S. and much of the West, oil prices have since skyrocketed above $100 a barrel. The price peaked in May 2022 at over $120 a barrel. As of September 2024, a...
Like the American western (and Muybridge’s famous images), the backbone of Peele’s fictional Haywood Family Ranch is the relationship between man and horse. Situated in an expansive California valley, not far down the road from a modest theme park calledJupiter’s Claim, dedicated to the cin...
There is a famous quote, often attributed to Churchill but apparently not from him: ‘If you’re not a liberal when you’re 25, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative by the time you’re 35, you have no brain.’ This isn’t from him and isn’t something he’s likely...
Are you famous? No. I'm not rich either. ;-) Most of us writers are just like other professionals; we work really hard at something we love and feel grateful for the privilege.
I did not even mention it in my post on New Year’s Day 2017. Maybe I got tired of predicting a breakout year for crypto as I had mentioned it in my 2015 and 2016 predictions, but whatever the cause, I completely missed the biggest story of the year in tech. If you look at the...
But they even did not know what was __50with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and ___ him. They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and ___. After some time his dad...
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